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['kɔmənwelθ] Sub.  | Betonungen |
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общее благо; всеобщее благосостояние; союз (an association of states who have joined together for their common good); общественное благосостояние; община; содружество (the Commonwealth of Australia); государство; общество |
| Brit. |
союз лиц, объединённых общими интересами |
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содружество наций |
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содружество |
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штат (в США) |
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республика |
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Британское Содружество; федерация (в Австралии • the Commonwealth and the state governments Stas-Soleil) |
| Gesch., großbr. |
Английская республика (1649-60 гг. В.И.Макаров) |
| Makarow. |
Содружество (в наименованиях государств и штатов США) |
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| Englisch Thesaurus |
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| Allg. |
community founded for the common good |
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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) |
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2. A term used by two unincorporated territories of the United States in their full official names (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) |