Betekenis van commonwealth In het Nederlands

• 0 a group of countries with the same political or economic aims:

  • the Commonwealth of Independent States

• 1 a country or state that is governed by its people or their elected representatives

• 2 a country or part of a country that is governed by its people or those elected by them. The word is used as the title of some of the states of the US:

  • In Pennsylvania, navigable rivers belong to the Commonwealth.

• 3 an organized group of states, or of independent countries with the same political or economic aims:

  • the Commonwealth of Australia (= the federation of Australian states)

  • There is an ongoing investigation into the lobbyist and his dealings with Guam and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.

• 4 an organization of independent countries which were part of the former British Empire and which now have friendly political or economic connections with each other. A small number of countries which did not form part of the British Empire have also joined the Commonwealth.