English Explanatory Dictionary

republic

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
  2. A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
  3. One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
  4. One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
name
  1. A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
  3. A city in Christian County and Greene County, Missouri, United States.
  4. A village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States.
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
  6. A small city, the county seat of Ferry County, Washington, United States.
  7. An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
  8. The Roman Republic.

Pronunciation

/ɹɪˈpʌb.lɪk/ /ɹəˈpʌb.lɪk/ en-us-republic.ogg /ɹɪˈpʊb.lɪk/ /ɹəˈpʊb.lɪk/

Word forms

republic republics republick republique

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh₁ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.

Related words

commonwealth

Derived words

Alpine republic Arab Republic of Egypt Argentine Republic banana republic Bilhorod People's Republic Boer republic Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela California Republic Central African Republic Chechen Republic of Ichkeria Co-operative Republic of Guyana crowned republic Czech Republic Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka Dominican Republic Dutch Republic extrarepublic Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal federal republic Federal Republic of Germany Federal Republic of Nigeria Federal Republic of Somalia Federative Republic of Brazil French Republic Hellenic Republic Helvetic Republic interrepublic intrarepublic Islamic Republic of Iran Islamic Republic of Mauritania Islamic Republic of Pakistan Italian Republic Komi Republic Lebanese Republic Lugansk People's Republic maritime republic Moldavian Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic nonrepublic Novgorod Republic Oriental Republic of Uruguay parliamentary republic People's Democratic Republic of Algeria people's republic People's Republic of Albania People's Republic of Bangladesh People's Republic of Canada People's Republic of China Piratini Republic Portuguese Republic presidential republic republican republicanism Republic County republichood republicism republicize Republic of Albania Republic of Angola

Translations

Abkhaz: ареспублика Afrikaans: republiek Ainu: レㇲプビリカ Albanian: republikë Southern Altai: республика Amharic: ሬፑብሊክ Antillean Creole: répiblik Antillean Creole: wépiblik Arabic: جُمْهُورِيَّة Arabic: جمهوريه Aragonese: republica Armenian: հանրապետություն Assamese: প্ৰজাতন্ত্ৰ Asturian: república Avar: жумгьурият Azerbaijani: respublika Azerbaijani: cümhuriyyət Azerbaijani: imrək Baluchi: اُلُسراج Baluchi: راجمَستِری Bashkir: республика Bashkir: йөмһүриәте Basque: errepublika Belarusian: рэспу́бліка Bengali: প্রজাতন্ত্র Bengali: জনতন্ত্র Bengali: গণরাষ্ট্র Bengali: গণরাজ্য Bengali: জমহুরিয়ত Breton: republik Bulgarian: репу́блика Burmese: သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ Buryat: республика Buryat: бүгэдэ найрамдаха улас Carpathian Rusyn: респу́бліка Catalan: república Chechen: пачхьалкх Chechen: республик Chinese Cantonese: 共和國 /共和国 Chinese Cantonese: 民國 /民国 Chinese: гунхәгуә Chinese: гунхәгуй Chinese: республика Chinese: мингуй Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Chinese: 民國 /民国 Eastern Min Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Eastern Min Chinese: 民國 /民国 Gan Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Gan Chinese: 民國 /民国 Hakka Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Hakka Chinese: 民國 /民国 Jin Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Jin Chinese: 民國 /民国 Chinese Mandarin: 共和國 /共和国 Chinese Mandarin: 民國 /民国 Northern Min Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Wu Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Wu Chinese: 民國 /民国 Xiang Chinese: 共和國 /共和国 Xiang Chinese: 民國 /民国 East Circassian: республикэ West Circassian: республик West Circassian: жъугъэхэку West Circassian: жъугъэ къэрэл Coptic: ⲙⲉⲧⲙⲏϣ Coptic: ⲡⲓⲇⲏⲙⲟⲥⲓⲱⲛ Cornish: repoblek
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