commonwealth : Idioms & Phrases
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british commonwealth
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noun an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
British Commonwealth.
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commonwealth country
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noun any of the countries in the British Commonwealth
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commonwealth day
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noun British, anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth
Empire day; May 24.
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commonwealth of australia
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noun a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony
Australia.
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commonwealth of dominica
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noun a country on the island of Dominica
Dominica.
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commonwealth of independent states
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noun an alliance made up of states that had been Soviet Socialist Republics in the Soviet Union prior to its dissolution in Dec 1991
CIS.
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commonwealth of nations
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noun an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and several former British colonies that are now sovereign states but still pay allegiance to the British Crown
British Commonwealth.
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commonwealth of puerto rico
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noun a self-governing commonwealth associated with the United States occupying the island of Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico; PR; Porto Rico.
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commonwealth of the bahamas
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noun island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba; a popular winter resort
Bahamas; Bahama Islands.
