commonwealth | | |
n. (location) | 1. commonwealth | the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico). |
| ~ province, state | the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation.; "his state is in the deep south" |
| ~ commonwealth of puerto rico, porto rico, puerto rico, pr | a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico. |
n. (group) | 2. body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state | 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" |
| ~ commonwealth country | any of the countries in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ developing country | a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically. |
| ~ dominion | one of the self-governing nations in the British Commonwealth. |
| ~ estate of the realm, the three estates, estate | a major social class or order of persons regarded collectively as part of the body politic of the country (especially in the United Kingdom) and formerly possessing distinct political rights. |
| ~ foreign country | any state of which one is not a citizen.; "working in a foreign country takes a bit of getting used to" |
| ~ reich | the German state. |
| ~ renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state | a state that does not respect other states in its international actions. |
| ~ suzerain | a state exercising a degree of dominion over a dependent state especially in its foreign affairs. |
| ~ sea power | a nation that possesses formidable naval strength. |
| ~ great power, major power, superpower, world power, power | a state powerful enough to influence events throughout the world. |
| ~ city-state, city state | a state consisting of a sovereign city. |
| ~ ally | a friendly nation. |
| ~ political entity, political unit | a unit with political responsibilities. |
| ~ eelam, tamil eelam | the independent state that the Tamil Tigers have fought for. |
n. (group) | 3. commonwealth | 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. |
| ~ british commonwealth, commonwealth of nations | an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown. |
| ~ global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization | an international alliance involving many different countries. |
n. (group) | 4. commonwealth, democracy, republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them. |
| ~ weimar republic | the German republic founded at Weimar in 1919.; "The Weimar Republic was overthrown in 1933 and replaced by the Third Reich" |
| ~ parliamentary democracy | a democracy having a parliament. |
| ~ form of government, political system | the members of a social organization who are in power. |
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