Commonwealth

Definition - Noun
1  : a nation, state, or other political unit: as
a  : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement by the people for the common good
b  : one in which supreme authority is vested in the people
c  : See also republic
2  : a state of the U.S. ­used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
3  often cap : an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown)
4  often cap : a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. ­used officially of Puerto Rico and the Northern Mariana Islands
Pronunciation'kä-m&n-"welth

Pronunciation Key

  • \&\ as a and u in a b ut
  • \[^&]\ as e in kitt en
  • \&r\ as ur and er in f urther
  • \a\ as a inash
  • \A\ as a in ace
  • \Š\ as o in m op
  • \au\ as ou in ou t
  • \ch\ as ch in ch in
  • \e\ as e in bet
  • \E\ as ea in easy
  • \g\ as g in go
  • \i\ as i in hit
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  • \I\ as i in ice
  • \j\ as j in job
  • \[ng]\ as ng in sing
  • \O\ as o in go
  • \o\ as aw in law
  • \oi\ as oy in boy
  • \th\ as th in thin
  • \[th_]\ as thin the
  • \Ÿ\ as oo in loot
  • \u\ as oo in foot
  • \y\ as y in yet
  • \zh\ as si in vision
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