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Rzeczpospolita is a Polish national daily newspaper, with a circulation around of 94,000, issued every day except Sunday. Formerly printed in broadsheet format, Rzeczpospolita has used compact format since 16 October 2007. Its title may be loosely translated as "republic", a traditional part of the full name of the Polish state, Rzeczpospolita Polska.
Rzeczpospolita (; ) is a traditional and official name of the Polish State – (, ). It comes from the words: "rzecz" (thing) and "pospolita" (common), literally, a "common thing". In terms of etymology and meaning, the closest Latin phrase is "res publica" (res "thing", publica "public, common") and the closest English term is "commonwealth" (i.e. "common wealth", "common good"), but a more modern translation is republic (a form of governance). In Poland the word Rzeczpospolita is used exclusively in relation to the Republic of Poland, and any other republic is referred to in Polish as a republika, e.g., Italian Republic – .
Rzeczpospolita may refer to:
- Rzeczpospolita, a Polish word for "republic" or "commonwealth"
- Poland, official name in Polish: Rzeczpospolita Polska
- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth
- Rzeczpospolita (newspaper)