Editing Second Polish Republic (section)

==Name==
The official name of the state was the ''Republic of Poland''. In the [[Polish language]], it was referred to as ''Rzeczpospolita Polska'' ([[Abbreviation|abbr.]] ''RP''), with the term ''[[Rzeczpospolita]]'' being a traditional name for the ''republic'' when referring to various [[Polish people|Polish]] states, including the [[Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth]] (considered to be the First Polish Republic, ''Pierwsza Rzeczpospolita''), and later, the current [[History of Poland (1989–present)|Third Polish Republic]]. In other regionally-used official languages, the state was referred to as: ''Republik Polen'' in [[German language|German]], ''Польська Республіка'' ([[Romanization of Ukrainian|transcription]]: ''Polʹsʹka Respublika'') in [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], ''Польская Рэспубліка'' ([[Romanization of Belarusian|transcription]]: ''Poĺskaja Respublika'') in [[Belarusian language|Belarusian]], and ''Lenkijos Respublika'', in [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]].

Between 14 November 1918<ref>[http://buwcd.buw.uw.edu.pl/e_zbiory/ckcp/monitor_pl/1918-11/11-203/imagepages/image1.htm ''Monitor Polski'', no. 203, 1918] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917134246/http://buwcd.buw.uw.edu.pl/e_zbiory/ckcp/monitor_pl/1918-11/11-203/imagepages/image1.htm |date=17 September 2021 }}.</ref> and 13 March 1919,<ref>[http://buwcd.buw.uw.edu.pl/e_zbiory/ckcp/monitor_pl/1919-03/numer059/index.htm ''Monitor Polski'', no. 59, 1919] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815013014/http://buwcd.buw.uw.edu.pl/e_zbiory/ckcp/monitor_pl/1919-03/numer059/index.htm |date=15 August 2018 }}.</ref> the state was referred to in [[Polish language|Polish]] as ''Republika Polska'', instead of ''Rzeczpospolita Polska''. Both terms mean the ''Republic''; however, ''republika'' is a general term, while ''Rzeczpospolita'' traditionally refers exclusively to Polish states. Additionally, between 8 November 1918 and 16 August 1919, the ''Journal of Laws of the State of Poland'' referred to the country as the ''State of Poland'' ([[Polish language|Polish]]: ''Państwo Polskie'').<ref>[http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19190660400 Journal of Laws, no. 66, position 400] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917134243/http://isap.sejm.gov.pl/isap.nsf/DocDetails.xsp?id=WDU19190660400 |date=17 September 2021 }}, 31 July 1919.</ref>

Following the end of the [[Second World War]], and the establishment of the later states of the [[Polish People's Republic]] and the [[History of Poland (1989–present)|Third Polish Republic]], the historical state is referred to as the ''Second Polish Republic''. In the Polish language, the country is traditionally referred to as ''II Rzeczpospolita'' (''Druga Rzeczpospolita''), which means the ''Second Republic''.