commonwealth

nouns

the official name of some states in the United States (Massachusetts and Pennsylvania and Virginia and Kentucky) and associated territories (Puerto Rico)
commonwealth
is a type of (narrower)
the territory occupied by one of the constituent administrative districts of a nation
"his state is in the deep south"
province, state
a politically organized body of people under a single government
"the state has elected a new president"; "African nations"; "students who had come to the nation's capitol"; "the country's largest manufacturer"; "an industrialized land"
body politic, commonwealth, country, land, nation, res publica, state
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
commonwealth
is a type of (narrower)
an international alliance involving many different countries
global organization, international organisation, international organization, world organisation, world organization
a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them
commonwealth, democracy, republic