Republican Party

English

Etymology

The name was proposed at the first public meeting of the anti-Nebraska movement on March 20, 1854, at the Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, and partly chosen to pay homage to Thomas Jefferson’s Democratic-Republican Party.

Proper noun

the Republican Party

1. (US politics) A right-wing conservative political party in the United States.

   Synonym: GOP

Translations

political party in the United States

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 共和黨／共和党 (gung⁶ wo⁴ dong²)

  Mandarin: 共和黨／共和党 (zh) (Gònghédǎng)

• French: Parti républicain (fr) m
• German: Republikanische Partei
• Japanese: 共和党 (ja) (きょうわとう, Kyōwatō)
• Korean: 공화당(共和黨) (gonghwadang)
• Russian: Республика́нская па́ртия f (Respublikánskaja pártija)
• Spanish: Partido Republicano m
• Vietnamese: Đảng Cộng hòa