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Meaning:
Noun:
- A form of government, named for the concept that everything that is not owned by specific individuals or groups is owned collectively by everyone in the governmental unit, as opposed to a ''state'', where the state itself owns such things.
- Approximately, a republic.
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Proper noun:
- often referring to its federal government.
- in|_|Kentucky Kentucky, the Commonwealth of Kentucky, often referring to its government.
- in|_|Massachusetts Massachusetts, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, often referring to its government.
- in|_|Pennsylvania Pennsylvania, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, often referring to its government.
- in|_|Virginia Virginia, the Commonwealth of Virginia, often referring to its government.
- The Commonwealth of Nations, a loose confederation of nations based around the former British Empire.
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