commonwealth
/kˈɑmʌnwɛlθ/
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Definitions
Noun
the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
Noun
a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation''s capitol"; "the country''s largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
Noun
a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another
Noun
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
More General Terms
form of government
global organization
international organisation
international organization
political entity
political system
political unit
province
state
world organisation
world organization
More Specific Terms
ally
British Commonwealth
city state
city-state
commonwealth country
Commonwealth of Nations
developing country
Dominion
foreign country
great power
major power
parliamentary democracy
power
Reich
renegade state
rogue nation
rogue state
sea power
superpower
suzerain
Weimar Republic
world power