Commonwealth of Nations

Speech parts

1. Commonwealth of Nations - Noun

2. Commonwealth of Nations - Proper noun

Meaning

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

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

British Commonwealth commonwealth commonweal British Empire U.K. commonwealth community common weal commonwealth group commonwealth organization commonwealth alliance comity of nations commonwealth member states community of nations commonwealth federation commonwealth league

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Hypernyms

commonwealth

Examples

The Commonwealth Heads of Government agreed that His Royal Highness Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales, succeeds his mother, Queen Elizabeth II as head of the Commonwealth of Nations. Source: Internet

The term pavement is used in the United Kingdom as opposed to sidewalk, citation whereas other Commonwealth of Nations countries use the term footpath. Source: Internet

Differences between international and US survey acres In the international yard and pound agreement of 1959 the United States and five countries of the Commonwealth of Nations defined the international yard to be exactly 0.9144 metres. Source: Internet

Extra-regional relations Kiribati was admitted to the Commonwealth of Nations in 1979 and to the United Nations in 1999. Source: Internet

However Barbados will still retain association with the crown through membership within the Commonwealth of Nations. Source: Internet

On 22 February 1979, Saint Lucia became an independent state of the Commonwealth of Nations associated with the United Kingdom. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

Commonwealth of England, Scotland, and Ireland Commonwealth of Independent States commonwealth of kiribati Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Commonwealth of the Bahamas