commonwealth
/ˈkɑm·ənˌwelθ/ n [C] politics & governmentDefinition
› a country or state that is governed by its people or their elected representatives › A commonwealth is an organized group of independent self-governing countries. › A commonwealth is also a US state. › A commonwealth is also a self-governing place associated with the US, such as Puerto Rico.
(Definition of commonwealth n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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