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Here is the sentence.

> いいかげんにしやがれっ おれは一年以上もシャバ **とおわかれ** なんだぞっ。

Since the word 「おわかれ」 is noun, I'm not sure if I can translate it as "Say
goodbye for free life because I will be staying in it (prison, in this case)
more than a year". Otherwise, would it be translated in other meaning or the
「と」in this case does not function as quotation?
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grammar particle-と
Can I use quotation particle 「と」with noun?
> 「いいかげんにしやがれっ おれは[一年以上]{いちねんいじょう}もシャバ **と** おわかれなんだぞっ。」

(「シャバ」 means the world outside of prison, army, etc. where you have freedom.)

The 「と」 in that context is **_not_** quotative because in the phrase 「シャバ
**と** おわかれ」, **no one is saying or calling something 「シャバ」** either silently
or out loud. It just means "a farewel to the real world".

The fact that 「おわかれ」 is a noun has nothing to do with whether or not the
preceding 「と」 is quotative.

The 「と」 in 「と + Noun」 can be quotative in the following sentences.

「マリアに、さよなら **と** おわかれのキスをした。」 ← The speaker said 「さよなら」 either silently or out
loud as he kissed Maria good-bye.

When the quotative 「と」 is used correctly, the preceding phrase can always be
placed in imaginary (or real) quotation marks.

「マリアに、『さよなら』 **と** お[別]{わか}れのキスをした。」

One more example:

「スカイツリーを見て、すごい **と** [感動]{かんどう}！」

「感動」 is a noun, but this 「と」 is quotative. Here, one can say that the verb
「する/した」 was left unsaid after 「感動」.

Again, you can place 「すごい」 in either real or imaginary quotation marks because
that is what you said or thought upon seeing the Skytree.
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