Gornja Siga

English

Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Gornja Siga. Literally, upper tufa.

Proper noun

Gornja Siga

  1. A region, a terra nullius on the west shore floodplain of the Danube, Europe, between Croatia and Serbia, declared to be Serbian by Croatia and Croatian by Serbia, claimed by neither side; becoming Terra Nullius since the independence of Croatia from Yugoslavia.

Hyponyms

  • Liberland (claim by Czech politician Vít Jedlička, who planted a flag on the territory, as an independent country, before being arrested and expelled by Croatia)
  • Siga (a Danube island in Gornja Siga)

Translations

See also

terrae nullae
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