Phrase guide

people's democratic republic

name · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

name

Meaning 1

Ellipsis of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria: a country in North Africa.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

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noun

Meaning 2

Alternative letter-case form of people's democratic republic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of

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History

Etymology

Calque of Russian наро́дно-демократи́ческая респу́блика (naródno-demokratíčeskaja respúblika) (from народный (narodnyj) + демократи́ческая (demokratíčeskaja) + республика (respublika).

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: republika popullore demokratike — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Armenian: Ժողովրդական Ժողովրդավարական Հանրապետություն (Žoġovrdakan Žoġovrdavarakan Hanrapetutʻyun) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Bulgarian: народно-демократична република (narodno-demokratična republika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Burmese: ပြည်သူ့ဒီမိုကရက်တစ်သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (pranysu.dimuika.raktacsamma.ta.nuingngam) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Chinese Mandarin: 人民民主共和国 (rénmín mínzhǔ gònghéguó) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Czech: lidově demokratická republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Danish: folkets demokratiske republik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Dutch: volksdemocratische republiek — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Finnish: kansan demokraattinen tasavalta — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • German: Volksdemokratische Republik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Hungarian: népi demokratikus köztársaság — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Russian: наро́дная демократи́ческая респу́блика (naródnaja demokratíčeskaja respúblika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Serbo-Croatian: народна демократска република — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Serbo-Croatian: narodna demokratska republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Slovak: ľudová demokratická republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Slovene: Ljudska demokratična republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Swedish: folkets demokratiska republik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาธิปไตยประชาชน (săā-taā-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaā típ dtai bprà châāt ná) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Turkish: halk demokratik cumhuriyeti — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Ukrainian: народна демократична республіка (narodna demokratyčna respublika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
  • Vietnamese: cộng hòa dân chủ nhân dân — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments