Commonwealth of Nations
association made up of the United Kingdom along with its dependencies and many of its former colonies (officially established in 1931 by the Statute of Westminster) | ||||
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Commonwealth of Nations Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Commonwealth of Nations
Noun
1. an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown
(synonym) British Commonwealth
(hypernym) commonwealth
(member-meronym) Canada
Noun
1. an association of nations consisting of the United Kingdom and its dependencies and many former British colonies that are now sovereign states but owe allegiance to the British Crown
(synonym) British Commonwealth
(hypernym) commonwealth
(member-meronym) Canada
Commonwealth of Nations Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Commonwealth of Nations
The Commonwealth of Nations, usually known as the Commonwealth and sometimes as the British Commonwealth, is a voluntary association of 53 independent sovereign states, most of which are former British colonies (the exceptions being the United Kingdom itself and Mozambique).
The Commonwealth is an international organisation through which countries with diverse social, political, and economic backgrounds cooperate within a framework of common values and goals, outlined in the Singapore Declaration. These include the promotion of democracy, human rights, good governance, the rule of law, individual liberty, egalitarianism, free trade, multilateralism, and world peace.
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