irredenta

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

irredenta
    n 1: a region that is related ethnically or historically to one
         country but is controlled politically by another [syn:
         {irredenta}, {irridenta}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

irredenta \irredenta\ n.
   A region that is related ethnically or historically to one
   country but is controlled politically by another.

   Syn: irridenta.
        [WordNet 1.5]

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