banialuki

Polish

Etymology

From Banialuka, a princess in a fantasy poem by Hieronim Morsztyn,[1] named after Banja Luka, a city in Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ba.ɲaˈlu.ki/
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Rhymes: -uki
Syllabification: ba‧nia‧lu‧ki

Noun

banialuki nvir pl

(colloquial, derogatory) poppycock; bunkum
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:nonsens

Declension

Declension of banialuki

	plural
nominative	banialuki
genitive	banialuk
dative	banialukom
accusative	banialuki
instrumental	banialukami
locative	banialukach
vocative	banialuki

References

Brückner, Aleksander (1927) “banialuki”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish), Warsaw: Wiedza Powszechna: “‘bajdy’, od królewny Banialuki, bohaterki pierwszej drukowanej a oryginalnej bajki Hier. Morsztyna”

Further reading

banialuki in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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