"Leftpondia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Leftpondia.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From left (“west”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”) + -ia. Apparently from the Usenet newsgroup alt.usage.english circa 1997. http://groups.google.com/group/alt.usage.english/browse_frm/thread/f0a61071e7d33b56 Etymology templates: {{compound|en|left|pond|t1=west|t2=Atlantic Ocean}} left (“west”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”), {{suffix|en||ia}} + -ia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Leftpondia
  1. (slang) English-speaking parts of The Americas. Tags: slang Derived forms: Leftpondian Related terms: Rightpondia
    Sense id: en-Leftpondia-en-name-81Uf9mA9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia

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