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commonwealth

英/kˈɒmənwˌɛlθ/
美/ˈkɑmənˌwɛɫθ/
01n.

共和国;联邦;国民整体

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico); 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