Commonwealth (Noun)
Meaning 1
The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico).
Classification
Nouns denoting spatial position.
Examples
- The state of Massachusetts is officially known as the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
- The Commonwealth of Virginia is one of the original 13 colonies in the United States.
- Kentucky is officially known as the Commonwealth of Kentucky and is the 15th state to join the union.
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is home to several major cities, including Philadelphia and Pittsburgh.
- Puerto Rico is an unincorporated territory of the United States and is also known as the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.
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Meaning 2
A political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The United States is a commonwealth in which the power is vested in the people and their elected representatives.
- The commonwealth of Australia is a federal constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of government.
- The commonwealth system of government is based on the principles of democracy, equality, and justice for all citizens.
- In a commonwealth, the citizens have the right to participate in the decision-making process through free and fair elections.
- The commonwealth of Massachusetts is one of the original states of the United States and has a long history of democratic governance.
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Meaning 3
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".
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.
Examples
- The British Commonwealth of Nations is a voluntary association of 53 countries, most of which are former British colonies.
- Australia is a commonwealth that consists of six states and two territories.
- The state has elected a new president to represent the interests of the commonwealth.
- As a member of the African commonwealth, the country receives economic aid and technical assistance.
- The student government of the university was formed to promote the commonwealth of the entire student body.
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Meaning 4
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects.