res publica

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res publica - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  res publica
      n 1: a politically organized body of people under a single
           government; "the state has elected a new president";
           "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's
           capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an
           industrialized land" [syn: state, nation, country,
           land, commonwealth, res publica, body politic]