people's republic

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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.

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: republika popullore — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Arabic: الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة (al-jumhūriyya š-šaʕbiyya) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Armenian: ժողովրդական հանրապետություն (žoġovrdakan hanrapetutʻyun) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Azerbaijani: xalq cümhuriyyəti — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Azerbaijani: xalq respublikası — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Belarusian: наро́дная рэспу́бліка (naródnaja respúblika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Bengali: গণপ্রজাতন্ত্রী (gonoprojatontri) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Bulgarian: народна република (narodna republika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Burmese: ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ (pranysu.samma.ta.nuingngam) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Chinese Cantonese: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (jan4 man4 gung6 wo4 gwok3) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Chinese: Минжын Гунхәгуә (Minřɨn Gunhəguə) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Chinese: Минжын Гунхәгуй (Minřɨn Gunhəguy) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Eastern Min Chinese: 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Ìng-mìng Gê̤ṳng-huò-guók) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Gan Chinese: 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (liin4 min4 kung5 fo4 guet6) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Hakka Chinese: 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Ngìn-mìn Khiung-fò-koet) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Chinese: 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (zh-min-nan) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Jin Chinese: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (zeng1 ming1 gung3 hue1 gueh6) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Chinese Mandarin: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (rénmín gònghéguó) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Northern Min Chinese: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (Nêng-měng Gō̤ng-uǎ-gŏ) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Wu Chinese: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (6zen-min6 6gon-wu6-koq7) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Xiang Chinese: 人民共和國 /人民共和国 (ren2 min2 gong5 ho2 gue6) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Czech: lidová republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Danish: folkerepublik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Dutch: volksrepubliek — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Finnish: kansantasavalta — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• French: république populaire — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• North Frisian: Folkssrepubliik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• North Frisian: Föölksrepubliik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Saterland Frisian: Foulksrepublik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• West-Frisian: Folksrepublyk — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• German: Volksrepublik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Greek: λαϊκή δημοκρατία (laïkí dimokratía) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Hungarian: népköztársaság — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Icelandic: alþýðulýðveldi — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Indonesian: republik rakyat — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Ingrian: kansanrespublikka — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Irish: daon-phoblacht — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Italian: repubblica popolare — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Japanese: 人民共和国 (jinmin kyōwakoku) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិត (saathiərĕəʼnaʼrŏət prɑɑciəmiənɨt) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Korean: 인민공화국 (inmin'gonghwaguk) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນ (sā thā la na lat pa sā son) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Macedonian: народна република (narodna republika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Malay: republik rakyat — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Norwegian Bokmål: folkerepublikk — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Norwegian Nynorsk: folkerepublikk — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Persian: جمهوری خلق (jomhuri-ye xalq) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Polish: republika ludowa — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Portuguese: república popular — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Punjabi: ਲੋਕਤੰਤਰੀ ਗਣਤੰਤਰ (loktantarī gaṇtantar) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Punjabi: ਲੋਕਤੰਤਰੀ ਗਣਰਾਜ (loktantarī gaṇrāj) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Romanian: republică populară — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Russian: наро́дная респу́блика (naródnaja respúblika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Serbo-Croatian: народна република — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Serbo-Croatian: narodna republika — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Spanish: república popular — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Swedish: folkrepublik — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Tagalog: republikang bayan — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาชน (sǎa-taa-rá-ná-rát bprà-chaa-chon) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Turkish: halk cumhuriyeti — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Ukrainian: народна республіка (narodna respublika) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Uyghur: خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى (xelq jumhuriyiti) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Vietnamese: cộng hòa nhân dân — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Yiddish: פֿאָלקסרעפּובליק (folksrepublik) — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments
• Zhuang: yinzminz gunghozgoz — self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments