Commonwealth
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A Commonwealth is a group of people or of groups with a common aim to improve themselves, help each other and share knowledge and resources.
The word can refer to several organisations:
- The Commonwealth of Nations, the countries linked with the United Kingdom usually speaking English
- The Commonwealth of Independent States was the collection of countries which were part of the Soviet Union
It is also part of the official name of some countries
- The Commonwealth of Australia
It was also part of the official name of the Old Pakistan between (1947-1956)
or part of the official name of some US states and territories
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Virginia
- The Commonwealth of Massachusetts
- The Commonwealth of Kentucky
- The Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
In history the Commonwealth of England was the name of England between 1649 and 1660, when England had no king.
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