''Jumhūriyyah'' ( ar, جمهورية, link=no; ) is the word for "

republic A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

" in the Arabic language. Loanwords representing variations of the term also exist in other language families, especially

Turkic Turkic may refer to: * anything related to the country of Turkey * Turkic languages, a language family of at least thirty-five documented languages ** Turkic alphabets (disambiguation) ** Turkish language, the most widely spoken Turkic language * ...

. States known officially as ''Jumhūriyyah'': *current **Republic of Turkey ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, link=no) (1923) **Republic of Lebanon ( ar, الجمهورية اللبنانية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūriyyah al-Lubnānīyah'') (1943) ** Tunisian Republic ( ar, الجمهورية التونسية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah at-Tūnisīyah'') (1956) **Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , ''Islāmī Jumhūriyah-yi Pākistān'') (1956) **Republic of

Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...

( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat as-Sūdān'') (1956) ** Democratic Republic of the Congo ( sw, Jamhuri ya Kidemokrasia ya Kongo, link=no) (1960) ** Republic of

Chad Chad (; ar, تشاد , ; french: Tchad, ), officially the Republic of Chad, '; ) is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic ...

( ar, جمهورية تشاد, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Tshād'') (1960) **Islamic Republic of

Mauritania Mauritania (; ar, موريتانيا, ', french: Mauritanie; Berber: ''Agawej'' or ''Cengit''; Pulaar: ''Moritani''; Wolof: ''Gànnaar''; Soninke:), officially the Islamic Republic of Mauritania ( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية ...

( ar, الجمهورية الإسلامية الموريتانية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Islāmīyah al-Mūrītānīyah'') (1960) **Arab Republic of Egypt ( ar, جمهورية مصر العربية, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Miṣr al-ʻArabīyah'') (1961) **

Syria Syria ( ar, سُورِيَا or سُورِيَة, translit=Sūriyā), officially the Syrian Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah), is a Western Asian country loc ...

n Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية السورية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʻArabīyah as-Sūrīyah'') (1961) **People's Democratic Republic of Algeria ( ar, الجمهورية الجزائرية الديمقراطية الشعبية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Jazairāh ad-Dimuqrāṭiyya aš-Šaʾbiyya'') (1962) **Republic of Uganda ( sw, Jamhuri ya Uganda, link=no) (1962) **Republic of Kenya ( sw, Jamhuri ya Kenya, link=no) (1964) **United Republic of Tanzania ( sw, Jamhuri ya Muungano wa Tanzania, link=no) (1964) **Republic of Maldives ( dv, ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ ޖުމްހޫރިއްޔާ, link=no ''Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyya'') (1965) ** Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية الصحراوية الديمقراطية, link=no, '' Al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah aṣ-Ṣaḥrāwīyah ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah'') (1976, partially recognized) **Republic of Djibouti ( ar, جمهورية جيبوتي, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Jībūtī'') (1977) **Islamic Republic of Iran ( fa, جمهوری اسلامی ایران, link=no, ''Jomhuri-ye Eslāmi-ye Irān'') (1979) **Turkish Republic of

Northern Cyprus Northern Cyprus ( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs), officially the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC; tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, ''KKTC''), is a ''de facto'' state that comprises the northeastern portion of the Geography of Cyprus, isl ...

( tr, Kuzey Kıbrıs Türk Cumhuriyeti, link=no) (1983, partially recognized) **Republic of Yemen ( ar, الجمهورية اليمنية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-Yamanīyah'') (1990) **Republic of

Somaliland Somaliland,; ar, صوماليلاند ', ' officially the Republic of Somaliland,, ar, جمهورية صوماليلاند, link=no ''Jumhūrīyat Ṣūmālīlānd'' is a ''de facto'' sovereign state in the Horn of Africa, still conside ...

( so, Jamhuriyadda Somaliland, link=no; ar, جمهورية أرض الصومال, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Arḍ aṣ-Ṣūmāl'') (1991, unrecognized) **Republic of Tajikistan ( tg, Ҷумҳурии Тоҷикистон, link=no, ''Jumhuriyi Tojikiston'') (1991) **Republic of Iraq ( ar, جمهورية العـراق, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat al-‘Irāq'') (2004) **Federal Republic of Somalia ( so, Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya, link=no; ar, جمهورية الصومال الفدرالية, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat aṣ-Ṣūmāl al-Fidirālīyah'') (2012) *current sub-national units **Republic of

Dagestan Dagestan ( ; rus, Дагеста́н, , dəɡʲɪˈstan, links=yes), officially the Republic of Dagestan (russian: Респу́блика Дагеста́н, Respúblika Dagestán, links=no), is a republic of Russia situated in the North C ...

( av, Дагъистаналъул Жумгьурият, link=no, ''Daɣistanaļul Žumhurijat''; kum, Дагъыстан Джумгьурият, link=no, ''Dağıstan Cumhuriyat'') (1991) **Republic of Tatarstan ( tt-Cyrl, Татарстан Җөмһүрияте, link=no, ''Tatarstan Cömhüriäte'') (1991) **Republic of Bashkortostan ( ba, Башҡортостан Йөмһүриәте, link=no, ''Başqortostan Yömhüriäte'') (1991) **

Autonomous Republic of Crimea The Autonomous Republic of Crimea, commonly known as Crimea, is a de jure autonomous republic of Ukraine encompassing most of Crimea that was annexed by Russia in 2014. The Autonomous Republic of Crimea occupies most of the peninsula,

( crh, Къырым Мухтар Джумхуриети, link=no, ''Qırım Muhtar Cumhuriyeti'') (1991, partially recognized) ** Republic of Crimea ( crh, Къырым Джумхуриети, link=no, ''Qırım Cumhuriyeti'') (2014, partially recognized) *historical ** Tripolitanian Republic ( ar, الجمهورية الطرابلسية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūriyyah aṭ-Ṭrabulsiyyah'') (1918-1922) ** Persian Socialist Soviet Republic ( fa, جمهوری شوروی سوسیالیستی ایران, link=no, ''Jomhuri-e Sosialisti-e Iran'') (1920-1921) **

Republic of Iran Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

( fa, جمهوری ایران, link=no, ''Jomhuri-e Iran'') (1923-1925) ** Syrian Republic ( ar, الجمهورية السورية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah as-Sūrīyah'') (1930-1958) ** United Islamic Republic of East Turkestan ( ug, شەرقىي تۈركىستان ئىسلام جۇمھۇرىيىتى, link=no, ''Sherqiy Türkistan Islam Jumhuriyiti'') (1933-1934) ** East Turkestan Republic ( ug, شەرقىي تۈركىستان جۇمھۇرىيىتى, link=no, ''Sherqiy Türkistan Jumhuriyiti'') (1944-1946) ** Republic of Egypt ( ar, جمهورية مصر, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Miṣr'') (1953-1958) ** Iraqi Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العراقية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Irāqīyah'') (1958-1968) ** United Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية المتحدة, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūriyyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Muttaḥidah'') (1958-1961) ** Yemen Arab Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية اليمنية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Yamanīyah'') (1962-1990) **

People's Democratic Republic of Yemen South Yemen ( ar, اليمن الجنوبي, al-Yaman al-Janubiyy), officially the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen (, ), also referred to as Democratic Yemen (, ) or Yemen (Aden) (, ), was a communist state that existed from 1967 to 19 ...

( ar, جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية الشعبية, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah'') (1967-1990) ** Iraqi Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العراقية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-‘Irāqīyah'') (1968-2003) **

Libyan Arab Republic Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Comman ...

( ar, الجمهورية العربية الليبية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Lībiyyah'') (1969-1977) ** Federation of Arab Republics ( ar, اتحاد الجمهوريات العربية, link=no, ''Ittiḥād al-Jumhūrīyāt al-‘Arabīyah'') (1972–1977) **

Republic of Afghanistan A republic () is a "state in which power rests with the people or their representatives; specifically a state without a monarchy" and also a "government, or system of government, of such a state." Previously, especially in the 17th and 18th c ...

( ps, د افغانستان جمهوریت, link=no, ''Dǝ Afġānistān Jumhūriyat''; prs, جمهوری افغانستان, link=no, ''Jomhūrī-ye Afġānestān'') (1973-1978) **

Arab Islamic Republic The Arab Islamic Republic ( ar, الجمهورية العربية الإسلامية ') was a proposed unification of Tunisia and Libya in 1974, agreed upon by Libyan head of state Muammar Gaddafi Muammar Muhammad Abu Minyar al-Gaddafi, ...

( ar, الجمهورية العربية الإسلامية, link=no, ''Al-Jumhūrīyah al-ʿArabiyyah al-Islāmiyyah'') (1974 proposal) **

Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Muammar Gaddafi became the ''de facto'' leader of Libya on 1 September 1969 after leading a group of young Libyan Army officers against King Idris I in a bloodless coup d'état. After the king had fled the country, the Revolutionary Comman ...

( ar, الجماهيرية العربية الليبية الشعبية الإشتراكية العظمى, link=no, ''Al-Jamāhīrīyah al-‘Arabīyah al-Lībīyah ash-Sha‘bīyah al-Ishtirākīyah al-‘Uẓmá'') (1977-2011) **

Democratic Republic of Afghanistan The Democratic Republic of Afghanistan (DRA),, renamed the Republic of Afghanistan, in 1987, was the Afghan state during the one-party rule of the People's Democratic Party of Afghanistan (PDPA) from 1978 to 1992. The PDPA came to power ...

( ps, دافغانستان دمکراتی جمهوریت, link=no, ''Dǝ Afġānistān Dimukratī Jumhūriyat''; prs, جمهوری دمکراتی افغانستان, link=no, ''Jumhūri-ye Dimukrātī-ye Afghānistān'') (1978-1992) ** Free Lebanon State ( ar, جمهورية لبنان الحرة, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat Lubnān al-Ḥurrah'') (1979-1984) **

Republic of Kuwait The Republic of Kuwait was a short-lived and self-styled republic formed in the aftermath of the invasion of Kuwait by Ba'athist Iraq during the early stages of the Gulf War. During the invasion, the Iraqi Revolutionary Command Council stated t ...

( ar, جمهورية الكويت, link=no, ''Jumūrīyat al-Kuwait'') (1990) **

Democratic Republic of Yemen The Democratic Republic of Yemen ( '), colloquially known as South Yemen, was a breakaway state that fought against Yemen Arab Republic in the 1994 Yemeni Civil War. It was declared in May 1994 and covered all of the former South Yemen. Th ...

( ar, جمهورية اليمن الديمقراطية, link=no, ''Jumhūrīyat al-Yaman ad-Dīmuqrāṭīyah'') (1994) **

Islamic Republic of Afghanistan The Islamic Republic of Afghanistan was a presidential republic that ruled Afghanistan from 2004 to 2021. The state was established to replace the Afghan interim (2001–2002) and transitional (2002–2004) administrations, which were formed ...

( ps, د افغانستان اسلامي جمهوریت, link=no, ''Da Afġānistān Islāmī Jumhoryat''; prs, جمهوری اسلامی افغانستان, link=no, ''Jomhūrī-ye Eslāmī-ye Afġānestān'') (2004-2021)

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