Standard Lemma guide

PRC

name · noun · 15 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

Initialism of Protestant Reformed Church.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: Christianity

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PRCA

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

Initialism of Pesticide Residues Committee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

name

Meaning 3

Initialism of People's Republic of China.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Examples

  • Near-synonym: China

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: China

Antonyms: none provided

4

name

Meaning 4

Initialism of People's Republic of the Congo, the predecessor state of the Republic of the Congo.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

name

Meaning 5

Initialism of Palm Resource Code, the file format for Palm OS applications.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Topics: computer, computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, science, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

name

Meaning 6

Initialism of Professional Regulatory Commission, a commission of the Philippine government.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

name

Meaning 7

Initialism of Philippine Red Cross.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Philippines, abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

Initialism of planning review committee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

Initialism of protocol Review Committee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Initialism of Preschool Referral Committee.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: education

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

Initialism of Private Commercial Organisation.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: economics, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

Initialism of personal radio communications, e.g. the PRC-77 portable secure FM radio set.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: communication, communications

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

13

noun

Meaning 13

Initialism of Police Record Check.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable

Topics: government

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

14

noun

Meaning 14

A person from the People's Republic of China, especially in contrast to native-born Singaporean Chinese.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Singapore, countable, derogatory, sometimes, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

15

noun

Meaning 15

a communist nation that covers a vast territory in eastern Asia; the most populous country in the world

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: China, People's Republic of China, mainland China, Communist China, Red China, Cathay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: Asian country, Asian nation

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: ÇXR — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Bashkir: ҠХР (QXR) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Bulgarian: КНР (KNR) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Catalan: RPX — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Crimean Tatar: ÇHC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Czech: ČLR — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Dutch: VRC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Estonian: Hiina RV — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Finnish: Kiinan KT — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • French: RPC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Gagauz: KHR — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • German: VR China — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Greek: ΛΔΚ (LDK) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Indonesian: RRT — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Italian: RPC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Latvian: ĶTR — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Lithuanian: KLR — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Maltese: RPĊ — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Mongolian: БНХАУ (BNXAU) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Polish: ChRL — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Portuguese: RPC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Romanian: RPC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Russian: КНР (KNR) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Serbo-Croatian: NRK — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Slovak: LRK — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Slovene: LRK — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Spanish: RPC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Tatar: КХҖ (KXC) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Tatar: ЧХҖ (ÇXC) — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China
  • Turkish: ÇHC — abbreviation of People’s Republic of China — see also People’s Republic of China