📒 an organization consisting of the United Kingdom and other countries, including most of the countries that used to be part of the British Empire
📒 used in the official names of, and to refer to, some states of the US (Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia)
📒 an independent country that is strongly connected to the US
📒 used in the names of some groups of countries or states that have chosen to be politically linked with each other
📒 a period (1649–60) in English history when the country was governed without a king or queen. For the first four years after the death of King Charles I, the country was governed by the House of Commons. Then in 1653 the army gave power to Oliver Cromwell