Definition of british commonwealth British commonwealth
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| british commonwealth - 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 | ||
| Commonwealth of Nations | ||
| commonwealth 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 | ||
| canada a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada; "the border between the United States and Canada is the longest unguarded border in the world" | ||
| commonwealth of australia, australia a nation occupying the whole of the Australian continent; Aboriginal tribes are thought to have migrated from southeastern Asia 20,000 years ago; first Europeans were British convicts sent there as a penal colony | ||
| independent state of papua new guinea, papua new guinea a parliamentary democracy on the eastern half of the island of New Guinea; in 1975 it became an independent state within the Commonwealth of Nations | ||
| eire, irish republic, republic of ireland, ireland an island comprising the republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland | ||
| bharat, india, republic of india a republic in the Asian subcontinent in southern Asia; second most populous country in the world; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1947 | ||
| new zealand North Island and South Island and adjacent small islands in the South Pacific | ||
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