"Rightpondia" meaning in English

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Proper name

Audio: En-au-Rightpondia.ogg [Australia]
Etymology: From right (“east”) + 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|right|pond|t1=east|t2=Atlantic Ocean}} right (“east”) + pond (“Atlantic Ocean”), {{suffix|en||ia}} + -ia Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Rightpondia
  1. (slang) The British Isles. Tags: slang Derived forms: Rightpondian Related terms: Leftpondia
    Sense id: en-Rightpondia-en-name-9bwOfe51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ia

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