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People's Republic of China

name
/ˈpiːpəlz ɹɪˈpʌblɪk əv ˈt͡ʃaɪnə/

Etymology

Calque of Chinese 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国 (Zhōnghuá Rénmín Gònghéguó).

  1. derived from 中華人民共和國 /中华人民共和国

Definitions

  1. Official name of China

    Official name of China: a country in East Asia.

    • Meronym: mainland China
    • Near-synonym: China
    • While the People's Republic of China claimed in the late 1950s that Shanghai had regained its importance as a leading seaport, this was not borne out by observations of foreign travelers nor by official shipping statistics.

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