Meaning

3 senses

  1. Self-designation of A state with a Marxist-Leninist government.

    Volksrepublik

    наро́дная респу́бликаnaródnaja respúblika

    народна республікаnarodna respublika

  2. (capitalized, humorous, usually)A particular area with strong, left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.

  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. The United States of America and the People’s Republic of China have a critical role to play in combating global climate change.

    deDen Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika und der Volksrepublik China fällt im Kampf gegen den Weltklimawandel eine entscheidende Rolle zu. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Translations

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Русский
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self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments:
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self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments:

Origin

Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + р

Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) (from народный (narodnyj) + республика (respublika) “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.

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Forms

plural: people's republics

Synonyms

2 synonyms
popular republicnational republic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
peonypeopleA1people'speppepperA2

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