revo
See also: révo
Dutch
Etymology
Clipping of revolutie (“revolution”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /reː.voː/
Audio (file)
Noun
revo f (uncountable)
- (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial) The 1980 Surinamese coup d'état
- (Suriname, politics, chiefly colloquial, by extension) The self-proclaimed revolutionary military dictatorship that ruled Suriname following the 1980 coup until 1991
- 2016 March 3, Stuart Rahan, “A Revo skefti [The revolution went off]”, in De Ware Tijd, archived from the original on 1 February 2022:
- Met regelmaat werden andersdenkenden of tegenstanders van de 'Revo' van hun bed gelicht of aangegeven bij de omhoog gevallen militaire autoriteiten.
- Dissidents or opponents of the military dictatorship were regularly dragged from their beds or reported to the upstart military authorities.
Derived terms
- revominister
- revotijd
Esperanto
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈrevo]
- Audio:
(file) - Rhymes: -evo
- Hyphenation: re‧vo
Related terms
- sonĝo (“dream”)
Galician
Ido
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrevo/
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