Republic of Poland

English

Etymology

Calque of Polish Rzeczpospolita Polska.

Proper noun

the Republic of Poland

  2. Official name of Poland: a country in Central Europe. [17th c.]
    • 1698, Gaspard de Tende, An Account of Poland. Containing, A Geographical Deſcription of the Country, The Manners of the Inhabitants, and the Wars they have been Egag’d in; the Conſtitution of that Government; Particularly the Manner of Electing and Crowning their KING; his Power and Prerogatives: With a Brief Hiſtory of the Tartars.‎[1], page 49:
      Thus he ſhook off the Yoke of the Republic of Poland, and the Coſſacks made themſelves Maſters of all Ukrania; which was an extraordinary mortification to the Poliſh Nobility, who had juſt re-enter’d upon the Eſtates they had loſt during the Inſurrection of thoſe Rebels.

Synonyms

  • RP (abbreviation)

Translations

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