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Originally posted by AggieSigmaNu361
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as per dictionary.com:
com·mon·wealth
1. The people of a nation or state; the body politic.
2. A nation or state governed by the people; a republic.
3. Commonwealth
Used to refer to some U.S. states, namely, Kentucky,Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia.
Used to refer to a self-governing, autonomous political unit voluntarily associated with the United States, namely, Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.
source(cuz i know how picky we on GC are about copyrights):
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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A Commonwealth can also exist as a group of countries, which are tied together through one common element. For example the Commonweath of the British Empire, which includes countries that are soverign, but were at one point British nations, and whom still recognize the Soverign of the United Kingdom as their official Head of State. There are 53 member nations including, Great Britain, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India.