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 res pu·bli·ca /ˈresˈpublɪˌkɑ/

 res publica
      n : 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, body politic]