Meanings
people's democratic republic1
plural people's democratic republics · alternative People's Democratic Republic
People's Democratic Republic2
plural People's Democratic Republics
- Alternative letter-case form of people's democratic republic.
- abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of People's Democratic Republic of Algeria: a country in North Africa.
Origin
- Russianнаро́дно-демократи́ческая респу́блика
- Englishpeople's democratic republic
Calque of Russian наро́дно-демократи́ческая респу́блика (naródno-demokratíčeskaja respúblika) (from народный (narodnyj) + демократи́ческая (demokratíčeskaja) + республика (respublika).
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