name
Meaning 1
A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
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A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
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A city in Christian County and Greene County, Missouri, United States.
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A village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States.
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An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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A small city, the county seat of Ferry County, Washington, United States.
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An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
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The Roman Republic.
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noun
A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
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noun
A state, which may or may not be a monarchy, in which the executive and legislative branches of government are separate.
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Usage: archaic
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noun
One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
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One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
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noun
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
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Synonyms: democracy, commonwealth
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Broader terms: political system, form of government
Narrower terms: Weimar Republic, parliamentary democracy
noun
a form of government whose head of state is not a monarch
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Broader terms: political system, form of government
Narrower terms: Roman Republic
History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *(H)reh1ís Proto-Italic *reis Latin rēs Proto-Italic *poplosder. Old Latin poplusder. Old Latin poplicus Latin pūblicus Latin pūblica Latin rēspūblica Latin rēpūblicālbor. Middle French republiquebor. English republic From Middle French republique (“republic”), from Latin rēspūblicā, from rēs (“thing”) + pūblica (“public”); hence literally “the public thing”.
Across languages
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