English Explanatory Dictionary

Poyais

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. An invented Central American country, the basis of an investment scam carried out by General Gregor MacGregor (1786–1845), who claimed to rule the country as cazique.

Word forms

Poyais

Derived words

Poyaisian
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