"people's republic" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: people's republics [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|ru|народная республика}} Calque of Russian народная республика (narodnaja respublika) Head templates: {{en-noun|head=people's republic}} people's republic (plural people's republics)
  1. A self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments. Translations (self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments): republika popullore [feminine] (Albanian), الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة (al-jumhūriyya š-šaʕbiyya) [masculine] (Arabic), ժողովրդական հանրապետություն (žoġovrdakan hanrapetutʻyun) (Armenian), наро́дная рэспу́бліка (naródnaja respúblika) [feminine] (Belarusian), গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী (gonoprojatontri) (Bengali), народна република (narodna republika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (pranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam) (Burmese), 人民共和國 (Chinese Mandarin), 人民共和国 (rénmín gònghéguó) (Chinese Mandarin), lidová republika [feminine] (Czech), folkerepublik [common-gender] (Danish), volksrepubliek [feminine] (Dutch), kansantasavalta (Finnish), république populaire [feminine] (French), Volksrepublik [feminine] (German), λαϊκή δημοκρατία (laïkí dimokratía) [feminine] (Greek), népköztársaság (Hungarian), alþýðulýðveldi [neuter] (Icelandic), republik rakyat (Indonesian), kansanrespublikka (Ingrian), daon-phoblacht [feminine] (Irish), repubblica popolare [feminine] (Italian), 人民共和国 (jinmin kyōwakoku) (Japanese), សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិត (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət prɑɑciəmiənɨt) (Khmer), 인민공화국 (inmin'gonghwaguk) (alt: 人民共和國) (Korean), ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນ (sā thā la na lat pa sā son) (Lao), народна република (narodna republika) [feminine] (Macedonian), republik rakyat (Malay), folkerepublikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), folkerepublikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جمهوری خلق (jomhuri-ye xalq) (Persian), republika ludowa (Polish), república popular [feminine] (Portuguese), republică populară [feminine] (Romanian), наро́дная респу́блика (naródnaja respúblika) [feminine] (Russian), народна република [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), narodna republika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), república popular [feminine] (Spanish), folkrepublik [common-gender] (Swedish), republikang bayan (Tagalog), สาธารณรัฐประชาชน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon) (Thai), halk cumhuriyeti (Turkish), народна республіка (narodna respublika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى (xelq jumhuriyiti) (Uyghur), cộng hòa nhân dân (Vietnamese), yinzminz gunghozgoz (Zhuang)
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  2. (usually capitalized, humorous) A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy. Tags: capitalized, humorous, usually
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  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see people, 's, republic. Synonyms: popular republic [rare], national republic [obsolete, rare] Derived forms: Donetsk People's Republic, Luhansk People's Republic, Mongolian People's Republic, People's Republic, People's Republic of Bangladesh, People's Republic of China
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republika ludowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "república popular"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "republică populară"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "naródnaja respúblika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "наро́дная респу́блика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна република"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "narodna republika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "república popular"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "folkrepublik"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "republikang bayan"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "สาธารณรัฐประชาชน"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "halk cumhuriyeti"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "narodna respublika",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "народна республіка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "xelq jumhuriyiti",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "cộng hòa nhân dân"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments",
      "word": "yinzminz gunghozgoz"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "people's republic"
  ],
  "word": "people's republic"
}

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