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общее благо; всеобщее благосостояние; общественное благосостояние; община; союз; государство; общество |
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союз лиц, объединённых общими интересами |
| геогр. |
содружество наций |
| редк. |
республика |
| юр. |
штат (в США) |
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⇒ Commonwealth of Nations |
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Содружество (краткое название Содружества наций (до 1946 года – Британского Содружества наций ) – межгосударственного объединения Великобритании и большинства бывших английских доминионов, колоний и зависимых государств); Британское Содружество; федерация (в Австралии: the Commonwealth and the state governments Stas-Soleil) |
| ист., Брит. |
Английская республика (1649-60 гг. В.И.Макаров) |
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Содружество (в наименованиях государств и штатов США) |
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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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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);
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) |
