people's republic

Etymology
(from +  “people's republic, popular republic, national republic”), coined in the wake of the Russian Revolution of 1917. Attested in English from 1918.

Noun

 * 1) A self-designation of states with Marxist-Leninist governments.
 * 2)  A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
 * 1)  A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
 * 1)  A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
 * 1)  A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.
 * 1)  A particular area with strong left-leaning tendencies, especially one with a certain level of autonomy.

Usage notes
A Ukrainian People's Republic (Українська Народна Республіка) was declared in 1917. The term Народна Республіка at the time (1918-1919) was variously translated into English as "People's Republic" or as "National Republic", and rarely as "Popular Republic".

States using the same self-designation after World War II, such as the People's Republics of Yugoslavia (Federativna Narodna Republika Jugoslavija), Albania (Republika Popullore e Shqipërisë), Bulgaria (Народна република България), Romania (Republica Populară Romînă) and China were rendered in English as "people's republics", or rarely as "popular republics", but not as "national republics".

Synonyms

 * popular republic
 * national republic

Translations

 * Albanian: republika popullore
 * Arabic: الْجُمْهُورِيَّة الشَّعْبِيَّة
 * Armenian: ժողովրդական հանրապետություն
 * Belarusian: наро́дная рэспу́бліка
 * Bengali:
 * Bulgarian: народна република
 * Burmese: ပြည်သူ့သမ္မတနိုင်ငံ
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: lidová republika
 * Danish: folkerepublik
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic: alþýðulýðveldi
 * Indonesian: republik rakyat
 * Ingrian: kansanrespublikka
 * Irish: daon-phoblacht
 * Italian: repubblica popolare
 * Japanese: 人民共和国
 * Khmer: សាធារណរដ្ឋប្រជាមានិត
 * Korean:
 * Lao: ສາທາລະນະລັດປະຊາຊົນ
 * Macedonian: народна република
 * Malay: republik rakyat
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: folkerepublikk
 * Nynorsk: folkerepublikk
 * Persian: جمهوری خلق
 * Polish: republika ludowa
 * Portuguese: república popular
 * Romanian: republică populară
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: народна република
 * Roman: narodna republika
 * Spanish: república popular
 * Swedish:
 * Tagalog: republikang bayan
 * Thai: สาธารณรัฐประชาชน
 * Turkish: halk cumhuriyeti
 * Ukrainian: народна республіка
 * Uyghur: خەلق جۇمھۇرىيىتى
 * Vietnamese: cộng hòa nhân dân
 * Zhuang: yinzminz gunghozgoz