Commonwealth - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈkɑːmənwelθ|  American pronunciation of the word commonwealth
Brit.  |ˈkɒmənwelθ|  British pronunciation of the word commonwealth

noun

- the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
- a politically organized body of people under a single government (syn: country, land, nation, state)
- 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
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them (syn: democracy, republic)

Extra examples

...laws that will benefit all the citizens of the commonwealth...

Brasil, the United States, Romania are commonwealths

Commonwealth of Independent States

British Commonwealth of Nations

...a steady stream of incomers to Australia from all parts of the Commonwealth...

A meeting of Commonwealth heads of state will be held next month.

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Commonwealth of Australia

Commonwealth of the Bahamas

Commonwealth of Dominica

Word forms

noun
singular: commonwealth
plural: commonwealths
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