# Ruritanian

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˌɹʊə.ɹɪˈteɪ.ni.ən/

## Definitions
1. Of or having the characteristics of adventure, romance, and intrigue, as in works of romantic fiction.
2. Used to describe a fictitious and generic foreign government or person, used to state a general or hypothetical situation.

## Etymology
From Ruritania + -an, after the fictional kingdom used as the setting for stories by Anthony Hope (1863–1933).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/ruritanian