Commonwealth | Mean of commonwealth in English Dictionary
/ˈkɑːmənˌwɛlθ/
- Noun
- a group of countries or states that have political or economic connections with one another
- a commonwealth of states
- a U.S. state
- the Commonwealth of Kentucky
- a political unit that is like a U.S. state but that pays no federal taxes and has only a representative in Congress who does not vote
- the countries that were once part of the British Empire