Commonwealth of Both Nations (was: Russia in Ill Bethisad)

Jan van Steenbergen ta nugatu-r:

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> Indeed. As you probably know, "Rzeczpospolita" is a litteral translation
> of the word "Republic";
As you probably know :), _rzeczpospolita_ is a calque of Latin _res
publica_. In my opinion, _commonwealth_ is a better English counterpart if
we talk about Poland.

> sometimes the two constituents were written separately. As far as I
> know, it has never been used in Polish in the context of any other
> country than itself;
Au contraire: _Rzeczpospolita Wenecka_ 'Republic of Venice',
_Rzeczpospolita Rzymska_ 'Roman Republic' and, IIRC, ancient Greek
republics.

>  the "normal" word for republic is the borrowed "republika".
_Rzeczpospolita_ and _republika_ are semantically two different words.

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