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How to pronounce commonwealth in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms body politic, country, land, nation, res publica, state
Type of political unit, political entity
Has types city-state, city state, commonwealth country, suzerain, developing country, dominion, ally, world power, foreign country, superpower, sea power, great power, rogue state, rogue nation, major power, renegade state, reich, power
Type Words
Synonyms democracy, republic
Type of political system, form of government
Has types weimar republic, parliamentary democracy
Type Words
Type of global organization, international organisation, world organisation, world organization, international organization
Has types commonwealth of nations, british commonwealth
Type Words
Type of state, province

Examples of commonwealth

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Overall, 299 PIAA schools are participating across the commonwealth this season.
From the post-gazette.com
It's the fastest-growing in the commonwealth, according to state system records.
From the post-gazette.com
In 2003, the commonwealth shipped $838,009 worth of soybeans and apples to Cuba.
From the washingtonpost.com
Commonwealth Avenue in downtown Boston is completely empty of people or traffic.
From the guardian.co.uk
Those two additional seats were elected at-large across the entire commonwealth.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Commonwealth Bank expects as many as four cash rate increases in the year ahead.
From the smh.com.au
Jawara was PM before Gambia became a republic, when it was a commonwealth realm.
From the en.wikipedia.org
They're interested in tearing me and my work on behalf of the commonwealth down.
From the kentucky.com
This system will be deployed in 60 commonwealth and non-commonwealth countries.
From the online.wsj.com
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  • The official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
  • State: a politically organized body of people under a single government; "the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
  • 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: a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
  • Commonwealth is a traditional English term for a political community founded for the common good. Historically, it has sometimes been synonymous with "republic".
  • Commonwealth is the title of a 1981 album by progressive bluegrass band New Grass Revival on the Flying Fish label. This album was the last one for two band members, Courtney Johnson and Curtis Burch, who cited fatigue with the band's touring schedule.
  • Commonwealth is a book by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri. It completes a trilogy which includes Empire and .
  • Commonwealth Projects is the creative studio founded by Daniel Desure in 2007. The studio is co-run by Desure and Serge Kirsanov. Commonwealth Projects is a multi-disciplinary creative studio that explores the intersection of art, design, film, and architecture. ...
  • Commonwealth is the third full novel written by the American author Joey Goebel.