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Meanings of british commonwealth in English

Portuguese
comunidade das nações
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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.

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Examples for "Commonwealth of Nations"
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Vanuatu passport holders, as members of the Commonwealth of Nations, can travel to 113 countries.
Radio NZ
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They recommended reforms to ensure the Commonwealth of Nations might continue to exercise geopolitical and cultural influence.
The Guardian
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There have been fifty-threeover 50 countries that are recognised as being part of the Commonwealth of Nations.
The South African
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Scotland, a Labour peer and former attorney general, has been secretary general of the Commonwealth of Nations since 2016.
The Guardian
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Great Britain, the British Commonwealth of Nations, mighty America must be friends and sponsors of the new Europe, he said.
The Irish Times
Usage of british commonwealth in English
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Many countries are members of the British Commonwealth, yet still remain republics.
The Irish Times
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Gambia is set to rejoin the British Commonwealth under new president Adama Barrow.
The Irish Times
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The association was now called the Commonwealth, not the British Commonwealth.
The Irish Times
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More than 500 German and British Commonwealth soldiers are buried at the war cemetery.
Reuters
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She remarked: "Now we are entering part of that so-called British Commonwealth."
The Irish Times
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A well-respected international diplomat, she also believes that Jamaica should leave the British Commonwealth.
Ebony
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South Africa left the British Commonwealth the following year.
The Guardian
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Near the foot of the mountain, four thousand men of the British Commonwealth are buried.
The new yorker
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You come from some part of the British Commonwealth?
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
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The name of that playfellow was Oliver Cromwell, who became Lord Protector of the British Commonwealth.
The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 4
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The British Commonwealth, that ramshackle totem of former imperial glory, is open for business with post-Brexit Britain.
The Irish Times
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The Queen is head of a modern 53-nation Commonwealth, which is not a " British Commonwealth".
The Guardian
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The award was previously open only to writers from Britain, Ireland, Zimbabwe or countries in the British Commonwealth.
Reuters
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Interestingly enough, most, though not all, of the countries in the British Commonwealth happen to be British colonies.
The South African
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Great Britain, the British Commonwealth of Nations, mighty America must be friends and sponsors of the new Europe, he said.
The Irish Times
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Madam, -The Irish State formally left the British Commonwealth in 1949 with the establishment of the Republic of Ireland.
The Irish Times
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