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From: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
Date: 19960101
Author:T. F. HOAD

Ruritania imaginary kingdom of Central Europe in Anthony Hope's novels The Prisoner of Zenda (1894) and Rupert of Hentzau (1898); transf. petty state, esp. as a scene of court romance and intrigue XIX. f. L. rūs , rūr- country + -tania , of Lusitania , etc.
Hence Ruritanian XIX.

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