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国家; 民主国; 美国的州; 协会; 团体; 界 |
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共和国 |
| law |
公益; 公共福利; 共和国全体国民; 英联邦国家; 澳大利亚联邦 |
| law, amer. |
政治实体肯塔基、马萨诸塞、宾夕法尼亚和弗吉尼亚四州的称呼 |
| law, BrE |
共和政体1649年克伦威尔处死英王查理一世后开始到1660年封建王朝复辟时的英国共和政体 |
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联邦; 全体国民 |
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共同体 |
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community founded for the common good |
| UK |
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) |