Jan Salie

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Coined by Everhardus Johannes Potgieter. From salie.

Pronunciation[edit]

IPA^(key): /ˌjɑn ˈsaː.li/

Proper noun[edit]

Jan Salie m

Negative personification of the supposedly unenterprising, unpatriotic (insufficiently chauvinist and colonialist), conservative 19th century Dutch mentality. [from 19th c.]

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