Rzeczpospolita

Rzeczpospolita (pronounced [ʐɛt͡ʂpɔs'pɔlita] ⓘ) is a traditional Polish term for a political community founded for the common good. The noun "rzeczpospolita", meaning "public welfare, general good or advantage" rzecz "thing, matter" and pospolita "common" is analogous to the Latin rēs pūblica (rēs "thing" + pūblica "public, common"), i.e. republic, in English also rendered as commonwealth (historic) and republic (current).

In modern Polish, the word rzeczpospolita is used exclusively in relation to the Republic of Poland, while any other republic is referred to in Polish as a republika (e.g. Italian Republic – Republika Włoska).

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