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republic
/ɹiˈpʌblək/
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What does republic mean?
noun
- A state where sovereignty rests with the people or their representatives, rather than with a monarch or emperor; a country with no monarchy.
- One of the subdivisions constituting Russia. See oblast.
- One of the subdivisions that made up the former Yugoslavia.
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proper noun
- A small city in Republic County, Kansas, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Marquette County, Michigan, United States.
- A city in Christian County and Greene County, Missouri, United States.
- A village in Seneca County, Ohio, United States.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, United States.
- A small city, the county seat of Ferry County, Washington, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States.
- The Roman Republic.
noun
- (archaic) 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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IPA pronunciation
/ɹiˈpʌblək/
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While the glory of France was thus upon the wane, the emancipated republic of Holland was completing the fabric of its greatness.
Americans have shown their common sense in doing away with titles altogether, an example which the sister Republic of China is following.
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By this slender chance did the republic escape a calamity, and secure the election of Jefferson for president with Burr for vice-president.
Beware how you give a fatal sanction, in this infant period of our Republic, scarcely yet twoscore years old, to military insubordination.
This relative impotence of democratic republics is, perhaps, the greatest obstacle to the foundation of a republic of this kind in Europe.