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Klatch

Klatch

1 9.9
A made-up country in a fantasy story with deserts and many cultures
  • proper noun
  • Literature
: Klatch
  • The travelers were excited to explore the vibrant markets of Klatch during their journey through the Discworld.

Examples

  • In Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, Klatch is depicted as a land of vast deserts and rich cultures.

  • I'm playing a set at the Koffee Klatch this Saturday.

  • The pressures of everyday demands and their political ramifications are explored fruitfully by Rebecca Klatch, A Generation Divided: The New Left, the New Right, and the 1960s (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1999), chapter 9.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Many characters in the Discworld stories often reference Klatch as a place full of colorful traditions and diverse inhabitants.

Synonyms

Westeros
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  • Literature
9 9.1

A fictional continent where most of the story in Game of Thrones takes place

is a single country rather than a broad continent
Laputa
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  • Literature
1 9.9

An imaginary floating island in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels where people focus on useless ideas instead of practical matters

is grounded and culturally varied rather than isolated and theoretical
Ruritania
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  • Literature
1 9.9

A made-up Central European kingdom often used as a setting for adventure and romance

is focused on geographic deserts and cultural variety rather than court plots
Brobdingnag
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  • Literature
1 9.9

A fictional land where everything is very large

is defined by desert landscapes and cultural diversity, not scale extremes
Morrowind
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1 9.9

An area in The Elder Scrolls game with giant mushrooms and ashlands

is a country with deserts and broader cultural diversity
Lyonesse
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  • Literature
1 9.9

A fictional group of islands that are the setting of three fantasy books by Jack Vance

is a mainland country noted for deserts and varied cultures
Catan
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8.3

An imaginary island where the board game takes place

is a richly described country with deserts and cultural complexity

Surface Forms

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Etymology

Klatch is the name of a fictional country in Terry Pratchett's Discworld. Pratchett likely took the name from a German or Yiddish word klatsch, meaning 'gossip' or 'chat' and seen in English as coffee klatch, so the name brings to mind a lively place of people, talk and many cultures, which fits the deserts and cities of Klatch.