"Republic of China" meaning in English

See Republic of China in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-AnotherFriendlyHuman-Republic of China.wav Forms: the Republic of China [canonical]
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  1. Official name of Taiwan: a partly-recognized country in East Asia; the rump state left over from the Republic of China on the mainland after 1949. Categories (place): Countries in Asia Synonyms: Blue China, Chinese Taipei, Free China, ROC [initialism], Taiwan Translations (official name of Taiwan): Republiek van Sjina (Afrikaans), Republika Kineze (Albanian), جُمْهُورِيَّة الصِّين (jumhūriyyatu ṣ-ṣīn) [feminine] (Arabic), Չինաստանի Հանրապետություն (Čʻinastani Hanrapetutʻyun) (Armenian), República de China (Asturian), Çin Respublikası (Azerbaijani), Рэспубліка Кітай (Respublika Kitaj) [feminine] (Belarusian), প্রজাতন্ত্রী চীন (projatontri cin) (Bengali), Република Китай (Republika Kitaj) (Bulgarian), တရုတ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (ta.rutsamma.ta.nuingngam) (Burmese), República de la Xina [feminine] (Catalan), 中華民國 /中华民国 (Zhōnghuá Mínguó) (Chinese Mandarin), Republica di China [feminine] (Corsican), Republica di Cina [feminine] (Corsican), Ripublica di China [feminine] (Corsican), Ripublica di Cina [feminine] (Corsican), Čínská republika [feminine] (Czech), Republikken Kina [common-gender] (Danish), Republiek China [feminine] (Dutch), Respubliko Ĉinio (Esperanto), Hiina Vabariik (Estonian), Kiinan tasavalta (Finnish), la République de Chine [feminine] (French), ჩინეთის რესპუბლიკა (činetis resṗubliḳa) (Georgian), Republik China [feminine] (German), Δημοκρατία της Κίνας (Dimokratía tis Kínas) [feminine] (Greek), הרפובליקה הסינית (harepublika hasinit) [feminine] (Hebrew), चीनी गणराज्य (cīnī gaṇrājya) [masculine] (Hindi), Kínai Köztársaság (Hungarian), Lýðveldið Kína [feminine] (Icelandic), Republik Tiongkok (Indonesian), Poblacht na Síne [feminine] (Irish), Repubblica di Cina [feminine] (Italian), 中華民国 (Chūka Minkoku) (alt: ちゅうかみんこく) (Japanese), Хъутей Республикэ (Ꭓʷutej Respublikɛ) (Kabardian), Republika ning Tsina (Kapampangan), Қытай Республикасы (Qytai Respublikasy) (Kazakh), សាធារណរដ្ឋចិន (satheara’na’roth chin) (Khmer), 중화민국 (Junghwamin'guk) (alt: 中華民國) (Korean), Кытай Республикасы (Kıtay Respublikası) (Kyrgyz), ສາທາລະນະລັດຈີນ (sā thā la na lat chīn) (Lao), Res publica Sinarum (Latin), Ķīnas Republika [feminine] (Latvian), Kinijos Respublika [feminine] (Lithuanian), Република Кина (Republika Kina) [feminine] (Macedonian), Republik China (Malay), चीनचे प्रजासत्ताक (cīnce prajāsattāk) [neuter] (Marathi), Бүгд Найрамдах Хятад Улс (Bügd Najramdax Xjatad Uls) (Mongolian), Républyique dé Chinne [feminine] (Norman), Republikken Kina (Norwegian Bokmål), Republikken Kina (Norwegian Nynorsk), جمهوری چین (jomhuri-ye čin) (Persian), Republika Chińska [feminine] (Polish), República da China [feminine] (Portuguese), Republica Chineză [feminine] (Romanian), Кита́йская Респу́блика (Kitájskaja Respúblika) [feminine] (Russian), Republic o Cheenae (Scots), Република Кина [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Republika Kina [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Čínska republika [feminine] (Slovak), Republika Kitajska [feminine] (Slovene), República de China [feminine] (Spanish), Republiken Kina [common-gender] (Swedish), Republika ng Tsina (Tagalog), สาธารณรัฐจีน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát jiin) (Thai), Çin Cumhuriyeti (Turkish), Респу́бліка Кита́й (Respúblika Kytáj) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Кита́йська Респу́бліка (Kytájsʹka Respúblika) [feminine] (Ukrainian), Trung Hoa Dân Quốc (alt: 中華民國) (Vietnamese), Cunghvaz Mingoz (Zhuang)
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  2. (historical) Former official name of China: the noncommunist country in East Asia that controlled mainland China from 1912 to 1949, which succeeded the Qing dynasty and preceded the People's Republic of China. Tags: historical Categories (place): Countries in Asia Synonyms: China [historical] [state] Related terms: People's Republic of China, Qing
    Sense id: en-Republic_of_China-en-name-5R0ofns4 Categories (other): China, Former official names of countries, Taiwan

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          "ref": "1996 May, Teng-hui Lee, “Preface”, in Peace Through Democratic Reforms, Taipei: Wen Ying Tang Press Inc., →ISBN, →OCLC, page https://archive.org/details/peacethroughdemo0000teng/page/n13/:",
          "text": "Now, on the eve of my second term as President of the Republic of China, it is time to put forward a blueprint for national development based upon the mandate my compatriots have given me through my reelection. With the blueprint I pledge myself to working hand in hand with my fellow citizens for the cause of my country.",
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          "text": "Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States’ support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.",
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          "text": "While we shall never timidly retreat before the threat of armed aggression, we would welcome, in the present circumstances, negotiations that could have a fruitful result in preserving the peace of the Formosa area and reaching a solution that could be acceptable to all parties concerned, including of course our ally the Republic of China.",
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          "text": "As for us, free Chinese in the Republic of China, in spite of the changing world situation, we have never faltered in our resolve to liberate the mainland and restore freedom to the hundreds of millions of Chinese who still suffer under Communist oppression.",
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          "text": "From now on, we must work harder to prove two points:[...]Second, that the Chinese Communists are not to be trusted and that sooner or later, in one way or another, they are going to attempt to destroy the Republic of China and seize Taiwan.",
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          "text": "Now, on the eve of my second term as President of the Republic of China, it is time to put forward a blueprint for national development based upon the mandate my compatriots have given me through my reelection. With the blueprint I pledge myself to working hand in hand with my fellow citizens for the cause of my country.",
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          "text": "Fortunately, in April 1979, Congress codified the United States’ support for the brave people of the Republic of China with the passage of the Taiwan Relations Act. This gave our friends the cover to develop the vibrant economy and flourishing democracy we see today and prevented them from being overrun by the same tyrants who are now in the process of eradicating democracy in Hong Kong.",
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      "code": "af",
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Kytájsʹka Respúblika",
      "sense": "official name of Taiwan",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Кита́йська Респу́бліка"
    },
    {
      "alt": "中華民國",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "official name of Taiwan",
      "word": "Trung Hoa Dân Quốc"
    },
    {
      "code": "za",
      "lang": "Zhuang",
      "sense": "official name of Taiwan",
      "word": "Cunghvaz Mingoz"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Republic of China"
}

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