Mec Vanninn.
/ˌmɛk ˈvanɪn/, U.S. /ˌmɛk ˈvænən/ (The name of) a Manx nationalist party, established in 1962 and advocating full republican independence for the Isle of Man. Cf. Mebyon Kernow n., Meibion Glyndwr n.
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Mec Vannin1966
1966 Isle of Man Weekly Times 7 Jan. 8/2 (heading) Mec Vannin... Manx Nationalists could not be fully convinced by the argument that..the banks and the houses..are still Manx..even though their ownership and administration is increasingly passing out of native hands.
1966 Isle of Man Weekly Times 7 Jan. 8/3 The man who comes to open a shop, or a boarding-house or a factory, which will be run by himself in the Island, is a candidate for Mec Vannin.
1974 Times 8 Apr. 4/6 Mec Vannin..intends to field candidates for all the Tynwald seats at the next general election.
1976 Carn Feb. 17/1 The Nationalist Party, Mec Vannin, is now the largest political party in the Island [sc. the Isle of Man].
1991 Independent 21 Nov. 4/7 Two candidates from the Manx Green Party and one from Mec Vannin, the island's nationalists, attracted little support in the election.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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