com·mon·wealth

com·mon·wealth
/ˈkɑːmənˌwɛlθ/ noun, pl -wealths
1 [count] : a group of countries or states that have political or economic connections with one another
— often + of

a commonwealth of states

2 a the Commonwealth : a U.S. state
— used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia

the Commonwealth of Kentucky

2 b [count] : 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 — used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Islands
3 the Commonwealth : the countries that were once part of the British Empire

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