transcription, транскрипция: [ rɪpʌblɪk ]
( republics)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
A republic is a country where power is held by the people or the representatives that they elect. Republics have presidents who are elected, rather than kings or queens.
...the Baltic republics.
...the Republic of Ireland.
N-COUNT : oft in names
see also banana republic