commonwealth
11commonwealth — [n] political or geographic area body politic, citizenry, citizens, commonality, democracy, federation, nation, people, polity, republic, society; concepts 301,512 …
12Commonwealth — This article is about Commonwealth the term. For the Commonwealth of Nations, see Commonwealth of Nations. For other uses, see Commonwealth (disambiguation). Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the… …
13Commonwealth — Dieser Artikel erläutert den Staatenbund Commonwealth of Nations; andere Bedeutungen des Wortes Commonwealth unter Commonwealth (Begriffsklärung). Flagge des Commonwealth of Nations …
14commonwealth — /kom euhn welth /, n. 1. (cap.) a group of sovereign states and their dependencies associated by their own choice and linked with common objectives and interests: the British Commonwealth. 2. the Commonwealth. See Commonwealth of Nations. 3. (cap …
15Commonwealth — Para otros usos de este término, véase Commonwealth (desambiguación). El vocablo inglés Commonwealth (de “common” y el antigua “weal” que derivó en wealth) significa literalmente “riqueza común”. Actualmente se usa en relación con una comunidad… …
16Commonwealth — Com|mon|wealth 〈[kɔ̣mənwɛlð] n.; ; unz.〉 1. Gemeinwesen 2. Völkergemeinschaft, Staatenbund ● Commonwealth of Australia [ ɔv ɔ:strɛıljə] Austral. Bund (Australien u. Tasmanien); Commonwealth of Nations [ ɔv nɛıʃənz] die Staatengemeinschaft des… …
17commonwealth — [[t]kɒ̱mənwelθ[/t]] commonwealths 1) N PROPER: the N The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule. 2) N IN NAMES: the N of n Commonwealth is used in the… …
18Commonwealth — HISTORIA Régimen político (1649 60) instaurado en Inglaterra por Oliver Cromwell, tras la ejecución del rey Carlos I. POLÍTICA Conjunto de antiguas posesiones del Imperio Británico (excepto Mozambique) convertidas en estados independientes y… …
19Commonwealth — Like its close cognate Commonweal, the term commonwealth implies the idea of a common good. The word came into use in the seventeenth century to name states deriving their legitimacy from a claim to pursue that good, as against legitimacy… …
20Commonwealth — /ˈkɒmənwɛlθ/ (say komuhnwelth) noun 1. Commonwealth of Australia, the official title of the Australian nation, adopted at federation in 1901. 2. → Commonwealth of Nations. 3. the English government from the fall of the monarchy in 1649 to the… …
