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vaa’ankieli — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • marginal adj Located at or near an edge or border.

Senses

vaa’ankieli is used for these senses in English:

  • marginal (politics, chiefly, UK, Australia, NZ, of a constituency) Subject to a change in sitting member with only a small change in voting behaviour, this usually being inferred from the small winning margin of the previous election.

marginal — full definition

  1. adj Located at or near an edge or border.
  2. adj Very small in size or importance; barely significant.
  3. adj Relating to a political seat won by a small majority.
  4. noun A political constituency won by a small margin.

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