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rēspūblica — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • commonwealth noun A self-governing political community, especially one organized for the general good of its members.
  • republic noun A country governed by elected representatives and a head of state who is not a monarch.

Senses

rēspūblica is used for these senses in English:

  • republic One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.

commonwealth — full definition

  1. noun A self-governing political community, especially one organized for the general good of its members.
  2. name The Commonwealth of Nations, a voluntary association of countries, most of them former territories of the British Empire.

republic — full definition

  1. noun A country governed by elected representatives and a head of state who is not a monarch.
  2. noun One of the constituent states within a larger federation, such as the former Soviet Union or Yugoslavia.

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