Second Spanish Republic
Proper noun
Meaning
Second Spanish Republic
(historical) A former country, the name for a leftist state in Europe and Africa that existed from 1931 to 1939.
Synonyms: Loyalist Spain, Republic of Spain, Second Republic of Spain, Spanish Second Republic, Spanish Republic
Examples
He accomplished both tasks, and the first democratically elected Constituent Cortes since the Second Spanish Republic met in 1977.
In 1931, in the face of overwhelming popular rejection, Alfonso fled the country as the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed.
Newspapers in England and elsewhere accepted the timeline of events offered by the Second Spanish Republic at face value.
On 14 April, he fled the country as the Second Spanish Republic was proclaimed, but did not abdicate.
Raymond Carr, Spain, 1808-1975 (2nd ed 1982) pp 564-91 Second Spanish Republic (1931–39) main seeAlso Political ideologies were intensely polarized, as both right and left saw vast evil conspiracies on the other side that had to be stopped.
The defeat of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War brought fascist Francisco Franco to power as dictator.