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[ English

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[ Etymology

From Latin rēs publica ("republic"), from rēs ("thing") + publica, the feminine of publicus ("public"). Literally meaning "the public thing".

[ Noun

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republic (plural republics)

1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.

   The U.S.A. is a republic; Great Britain is technically a monarchy.

2. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

   The Republic of Udmurtia is west of the Permian Oblast.

[ Translations

a type of state

Bosnian: republika bs(bs) f. Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 共和國, simpl. 共和国 (gònghéguó) Croatian: republika hr(hr) f. Czech: republika cs(cs) f. Dutch: republiek nl(nl) f. Estonian: vabariik Finnish: tasavalta fi(fi) French: république fr(fr) f. German: Republik de(de) f. Greek: δημοκρατία el(el) (ðīmokratía) f. Greek, Ancient: πολιτεία f. Hebrew: רפובליקה (repúblika) f. Hungarian: köztársaság hu(hu) Icelandic: lýðveldi is(is) n. Irish: poblacht ga(ga) f.

Italian: repubblica it(it) f. Japanese: 共和国 (きょうわこく, kyōwakoku) Korean: 공화국, (共和國, gonghwaguk) Kurdish: جمهوریه‌ت Latin: respublica la(la) f. Maltese: repubblika f. Norwegian: republikk no(no) m. Portuguese: república pt(pt) f. Romanian: republică ro(ro) f. Russian: республика ru(ru) (respúblika) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: република f. Roman: republika f. Spanish: república es(es) f. Swedish: republik sv(sv) c. Turkish: cumhuriyet tr(tr)

one of the kinds of parts constituting Russia

Bosnian: republika bs(bs) f. Croatian: republika hr(hr) f. Dutch: republiek nl(nl) f. Finnish: tasavalta fi(fi) French: république fr(fr) f. German: Republik de(de) f. Greek: δημοκρατία el(el) (ðīmokratía) f. Icelandic: lýðveldi is(is) n. Irish: poblacht ga(ga) f.

Italian: repubblica it(it) f. Latin: respublica la(la) f. Norwegian: republikk no(no) m. Russian: республика ru(ru) (r'espúblika) f. Serbian: Cyrillic: република f. Roman: republika f. Spanish: república es(es) f. Swedish: delrepublik c.