republic
noun /rɪˈpʌblɪk/
/rɪˈpʌblɪk/
- a country that is governed by a president and politicians elected by the people and where there is no king or queen
- newly independent republics
- Mary McAleese has been the President of the Republic of Ireland since 1997.
Extra ExamplesTopics Politicsc1- They have declared themselves an independent democratic republic.
- a constitutional republic based on the principles of democracy
- the People's Republic of China
- the breakaway republics of the former Soviet empire
- the former Yugoslav republics
- the year that Guyana became a socialist republic
- There have been protests in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
- There were several small autonomous republics within the Russian Federation.
- There will be elections in the Czech Republic next month.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- new
- young
- former
- …
- become
- build
- create
- …
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French république, from Latin respublica, from res ‘concern’ + publicus ‘of the people, public’.