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Definition of komonvelt in Turkish English dictionary
- (Ticaret) commonwealth
- Specifically, the form of government established on the death of Charles I
- a voluntary association of 54 developing and developed nations, including Canada, which have historic ties to Great Britain
- Informal association of the countries that once formed the British Empire
- n 1 the whole body of people of a nation or state; the body politic 2 a federation of states and territories with powers and responsibilities divided between a central government and a number of smaller governments, each controlling certain responsibilities in a defined area, as the commonwealth of Australia
- {i} group of people united in a common cause; people of a country; democratic state
- A commonwealth is a free association of sovereign independent states that has no charter, treaty or constitution The association promotes co-operation, consultation and mutual assistance among members
- An association of 51 self-governing independent nations & various dependencies (colonies & protectorates) having in common that they were all parts of the old British Empire The British monarch is the symbolic head & prime ministers & finance ministers meet periodically Members consult & try to coordinate policies on economic, scientific, educational, financial, legal, & military matters
- 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
- the people of a nation or state a group of countries or peoples united by a common interest
- Used to describe matters concering the whole of Australia Full name of the country is the Commonwealth of Australia This name is often interchanged with 'Federal'
- Approximately, a republic
- in 1649, which existed under Oliver Cromwell and his son Richard, ending with the abdication of the latter in 1659
- the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
- a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
- The whole body of people in a state; the public
- 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"
- Commonwealth is used in the official names of some countries, groups of countries, or parts of countries. the Commonwealth of Australia. the Commonwealth of Independent States, which replaced the Soviet Union. or Commonwealth of Nations Free association of sovereign states consisting of Britain and many of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and cooperation. It was established in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster as the British Commonwealth of Nations. Later its name was changed and it was redefined to include independent nations. Most of the dependent states that gained independence after 1947 chose Commonwealth membership. The British monarch serves as its symbolic head, and meetings of the more than 50 Commonwealth heads of government take place every two years. See also British empire. Body politic founded on law for the common "weal," or good. The term was often used by 17th-century writers to signify an organized political community, its meaning thus being similar to the modern meaning of state or nation. Today it primarily refers to the Commonwealth. Four U.S. states (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia) call themselves commonwealths, a distinction in name only. Puerto Rico has been a commonwealth rather than a state since 1952; its residents, though U.S. citizens, have only a nonvoting representative in Congress and pay no federal taxes. Commonwealth of Australia Commonwealth of Nations Commonwealth of Dominica Commonwealth of Kentucky Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commonwealth of The Bahamas Co operative Commonwealth Federation Commonwealth Games Commonwealth of Independent States Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- The Commonwealth is an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and most of the countries that were previously under its rule
- Form of government adopted after the execution of Charles I in 1649 By 1653, this republican experiment was compromised when Cromwell gave himself overarching powers After Cromwell died, "Commonwealthsmen" in Parliament saw a chance to restore the Commonwealth, but were outmaneuvered by Monck (Hutton)