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Bagansiyapiyapi
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Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Possibly from srn ms Bagansiapiapi, which was an important fishing port of the then-Dutch East Indies in the 1920s and 1930s; reminiscent of srn bagasi luggage; stuff and srn yapiyapi monkey.
Pronunciation
ba_gans(i)yap(i)yapi
Proper noun
srn proper noun
srn figuratively Timbuktu, Outer Mongolia, Faroffistan any proverbially distant or remote place
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