Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa

== Polish == === Etymology === Literally, “Polish People's Republic”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈpɔl.ska ʐɛt͡ʂ.pɔs.pɔˈli.ta luˈdɔ.va/ Syllabification: Pol‧ska Rzecz‧pos‧po‧li‧ta Lu‧do‧wa === Proper noun === Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa f (abbreviation PRL) (historical) Polish People's Republic (former official name of Poland: a country in Central Europe; used from 1952 to 1989 when it was a one-party, Marxist-Leninist state; officially known as the Republic of Poland from 1947 to 1952, but under the same form of government) ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[2] (in Polish)