Soviet and Western observers have warned that if the Muslim republics do not join the commonwealth, they may from a separate group, setting up a volatile ethnic and religious split.
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Commonwealth
//ˈkɑmənˌwɛlθ//
Synonyms for "commonwealth" (181 found)
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Noun(5 words)
limited monarchylinguistic communityman in the streetmandantmandatemandated territorymandateemandatorymartial lawmenmeritocracymilitarismmilitary governmentmob rulemobocracymoietymonarchynationnationalityneocolonialism
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nuclear familyochlocracyoligarchyorderpantisocracypatriarchatepatriarchypeoplepeople at largepeople in generalpersonsphratriaphratryphylepolice statepolispolitypopulacepopulationpossessionpowerprincipalityprincipateprotectorateprovincepublicpuppet governmentpuppet regimepure democracyrealmregencyrepresentative democracyrepresentative governmentrepublicsatelliteself-determinationself-governmentseneschaltysettlementsocial classsocial democracysocietysovereign nationspeech communitystratocracysubcastesultanatesuperpowertechnocracyterritorythearchytheocracytoparchiatoparchytotalitarian governmenttotalitarian regimetotemtriarchytriumviratetyrannywelfare statewhole peopleworldyou and me
Proper Noun(1 words)
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14 entriessimilar
1 entriesTranslations
53 translations across 40 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- gemenebes noun (form of government)
Antillean Creole
1 entries- komònwels noun (form of government)
Arabic
1 entries- كُومُنْوِلْث noun (form of government)
Bulgarian
1 entries- общност noun (form of government)
Burmese
1 entries- ဓနသဟာယ noun (form of government)
Catalan
1 entries- mancomunitat noun (form of government)
Chinese
1 entries- лянбон noun (form of government)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 聯邦 /联邦 noun (form of government)
Dutch
1 entries- gemenebest noun (form of government)
Esperanto
1 entries- komunumo noun (form of government)
Finnish
2 entries- kansainyhteisö noun (form of government)
- kansojenyhteisö noun (form of government)
French
3 entries- commonwealth noun (form of government)
- communauté noun (form of government)
- richesse commune noun (form of government)
Georgian
1 entries- თანამეგობრობა noun (form of government)
German
1 entries- Staatenbund noun (form of government)
Greek
1 entries- κοινοπολιτεία noun (form of government)
Hebrew
1 entries- קהילייה noun (form of government)
Hungarian
3 entries- nemzetközösség noun (form of government)
- államközösség noun (form of government)
- államszövetség noun (form of government)
Indonesian
1 entries- persemakmuran noun (form of government)
Irish
1 entries- comhlathas noun (form of government)
Japanese
2 entries- コモンウェルス noun (form of government)
- 連邦 noun (form of government)
Kazakh
1 entries- достастық noun (form of government)
Khmer
1 entries- សហធន noun (form of government)
Korean
2 entries- 련방 noun (form of government)
- 연방 noun (form of government)
Latin
2 entries- civitas noun (form of government)
- respublica noun (form of government)
Malay
1 entries- komanwel noun (form of government)
Marathi
1 entries- कॉमनवेल्थ noun (form of government)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- samvelde noun (form of government)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- samvelde noun (form of government)
Occitan
1 entries- mancomunautat noun (form of government)
Persian
1 entries- مشترکالمنافع noun (form of government)
Pitcairn-Norfolk
1 entries- komonwelth noun (form of government)
Polish
2 entries- rzeczpospolita noun (form of government)
- wspólnota noun (form of government)
Portuguese
1 entries- comunidade noun (form of government)
Russian
2 entries- содру́жество noun (form of government)
- сою́з noun (form of government)
Spanish
3 entries- comunidad noun (form of government)
- estado libre asociado noun (form of government)
- mancomunidad noun (form of government)
Swedish
1 entries- samvälde noun (form of government)
Tagalog
1 entries- komonwelt noun (form of government)
Tajik
1 entries- муштаракулманофеъ noun (form of government)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thịnh vượng chung noun (form of government)
Welsh
2 entries- cymanwlad noun (form of government)
- y Werinlywodraeth f or y Wladwriaeth noun (form of government)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
The oligarchic character of the modern English commonwealth does not rest, like many oligarchies, on the cruelty of the rich to the poor. It does not even rest on the kindness of the rich to the poor. It rests on the perennial and unfailing kindness of the poor to the rich.
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I think putting thieves to death is not lawful; and it is plain and obvious that it is absurd and of ill consequence to the commonwealth that a thief and a murderer should be equally punished.
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Barbados is a member of the Commonwealth.
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