Commonwealth

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NOUN

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)

state, nation, country, land, res publica

a politically organized body of people under a single government

a world organization of autonomous states that are united in allegiance to a central power but are not subordinate to it or to one another

democracy, republic

a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them

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