['kɔmənwelθ] Adj. This HTML5 player is not supported by your browser
Polit. Commonwealth (An association of the UK and the states that were formerly British colonies, Association entre le Royaume-Uni et les Etats qui étaient auparavant des colonies britanniques) Wirtsch. Commonwealth Englisch Thesaurus Allg. community founded for the common good großbr. The Commonwealth of Nations, generally known simply as the Commonwealth, is a political association of 54 member states, nearly all former territories of the British Empire (wikipedia.org ) USA (the Northern Mariana Islands and Puerto Rico, which, in Spanish, officially calls itself the "Free Associated State of Puerto Rico" wikipedia.org ) ; 1. A term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names ("Commonwealth" is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are in the Eastern United States, and prior to the formation of the United States in 1776, were British colonial possessions. As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institutions wikipedia.org )
wikipedia.org); 1. A term used by four of the 50 states of the United States in their full official state names ("Commonwealth" is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. The states of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia are in the Eastern United States, and prior to the formation of the United States in 1776, were British colonial possessions. As such, they share a strong influence of English common law in some of their laws and institutions 