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Engelsk substantiv: commonwealth

1. commonwealth (om sted) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkprovince, state


Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykkCommonwealth of Puerto Rico, Porto Rico, PR, Puerto Rico

2. commonwealth (om gruppe) a politically organized body of people under a single government


Eksempler med tilsvarende betydningThe 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.


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkpolitical entity, political unit


Mere spesifikke uttrykkally, city state, city-state, commonwealth country, developing country, Dominion, foreign country, great power, major power, power, Reich, renegade state, rogue nation, rogue state, sea power, superpower, suzerain, world power


Eksempler på mere spesifikke uttrykkEelam, Tamil Eelam


Omfatter disse spesifikke uttrykkestate, estate of the realm, the three estates

3. commonwealth (om gruppe) 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


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkglobal organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization


Mere spesifikke uttrykkBritish Commonwealth, Commonwealth of Nations

4. commonwealth (om gruppe) a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them


Ord med samme betydning (synonymer)democracy, republic


Mindre spesifikke uttrykkform of government, political system


Mere spesifikke uttrykkparliamentary democracy, Weimar Republic









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