Ruritania
- proper noun
- Literature
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Ruritania
- Ruritania is, of course, a land of the imagination, even a caricature.
Examples
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The story is set in Ruritania, a kingdom filled with intrigue and adventure.
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In many romantic novels, the plot unfolds in an imaginary place called Ruritania, where secrets and love abound.
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Well, this sort of thing happens in Ruritania, but follow me.
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The King returns to Ruritania.
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Only until the crown of Ruritania sits upon my head.
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I know I'm not the man to rule Ruritania.
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Now look here, my man, I am traveling with your new King, Rudolph, who is returning to Ruritania for his coronation.
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I, King Rudolph IV of Ruritania, have decided to celebrate my 80th birthday... by viewing my entire Kingdom.. from a balloon in the sky.
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To illustrate, let us consider (with apologies to Anthony Hope's The Prisoner of Zenda) the example of the fictional Ruritania, as it was before the Bologna reforms.
Academic text (2006) -
In the film, the charming hero travels to Ruritania to rescue a beautiful princess from a wicked duke.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ruritania was invented by a writer to sound like a small Central European country. It echoes the word rural, meaning 'countryside', so you can remember Ruritania as an imagined countryside kingdom often used in stories of castles, romance, and royal plots.
