late 15c., "public welfare, general good," from common (adj.) + wealth (n.); meaning "the state" is attested from 1510s; applied specifically to the government of England in the pe [..]

self-governing territory affiliated with the United States, used for Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands.

1. the people of a nation or state 2. a group of countries or peoples united by a common interest

The Commonwealth is a multilateral organization of 54 developed and developing nations around the world. The Commonwealth Secretariat was established in 1965 as the main intergovernmental agency of th [..]

Formerly the British Commonwealth or the Commonwealth of Nations, this is a voluntary group of 53 countries (as of June 2016) many of whom had been British colonies in the British Empire. Its mission [..]

The political settlement of the early Republican period (1649- 53)

A term used in the official names of four states in the United States: Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Massachusetts, and Virginia.

1 : a nation, state, or other political unit: as a : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement by the people for the common good b : one in which supreme authority is vested in ...

In territorial rights

Grouping of individual persons (such as in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts) or of autonomous states (such as in the British Commonwealth) into a consensual political community. The British Commonwea [..]

A commonwealth is a free state, or republic, characterized by a  representative government. The states of the United States may each be considered commonwealths. Four states in the United States desig [..]

(n) the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)(n) a politically organized body of people [..]

a politic body founded on law for the common wealth or good. The term was often used by 17th-century writers. conga

A commonwealth is a free association of sovereign independent states that has no charter, treaty, or constitution. The association promotes cooperation, consultation, and mutual assistance among membe [..]

An association of independent states that promotes cooperation, consultation, and mutual assistance among members. However, such association has no treaty or constitution. For example, the British Com [..]

Used to describe matters concerning the whole of Australia . Full name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia. This name is often interchanged with ‘Federal’.

The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire. ''Mozambique joined the Commonwealth in 1995, although it had not been a part of the British E [..]