xenelasy

English

Alternative forms

• xenelasia

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ξενηλασία (xenēlasía, “expulsion of barbarians”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /zɪˈnɛləsi/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

xenelasy (uncountable)

1. The expulsion of foreigners.
   • 1846, George Grote, A History of Greece:

     […] a numerous body of strangers or non-citizens (the old xenelasy, or prohibition of resident strangers, being long discontinued) domiciled in the town, and forming a powerful moneyed interest […]

Translations

Translations

• Finnish: ulkomaalaisten karkottaminen
• French: xénélasie (fr) f
• German: Xenelasie f
• Greek: ξενηλασία (el) f (xenilasía)

  Ancient: ξενηλασία f (xenēlasía)

• Italian: xenelasia f
• Russian: ксенеласия (ru) f (ksenelasija)