plural of internally displaced person

Synonym of People's Republic of China

(uncountable, sometimes derogatory, slang) A system of time ascribed to white people, to account for their supposed tendency to put a high value on being on time and rigorous about scheduling, usually when contrasted with Colored People's Time or a similar term.

(history) An anticapitalist country that existed from 1946 until 1990.

(history) An anticapitalist country that existed from 1949 until 1989.

(historical) A Marxist-Leninist country in Central Europe that existed from 1947 to 1989, the predecessor of the current Republic of Poland.

(history) A former country in West Africa, a self-declared socialist state that existed from 1975 to 1992.

(history) A Marxist-Leninist republic that existed in Cambodia from 1979 to 1989.

(history) A former country in West Africa, a socialist state that existed in the Gulf of Guinea from 1975 to 1990.

(history) A former country in East Africa, a communist state that existed from 1975 to 1990.