Commonwealth (disambiguation)

Commonwealth is an English term meaning a political community.

Commonwealth or Common Wealth may also refer to:

Political entities

See also Places, below

• Commonwealth of Nations, an intergovernmental organisation of 56 member states comprising mostly former British colonies; formerly called British Commonwealth of Nations
• Commonwealth Government, used to refer to the Australian Government
• Commonwealth of Independent States, an intergovernmental organisation of Post-Soviet republics
• Lusophone Commonwealth, officially the Community of Portuguese Language Countries, an intergovernmental organisation consisting of former Portuguese colonies
• Commonwealth of England, the republican government ruling England, and later Ireland and Scotland, 1649–1660
• Commonwealth realm, a sovereign state which has Charles III as its monarch and head of state
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, a constitutional monarchy that ruled Poland, Lithuania and much of Eastern Europe between 1569 and 1795
• Common Wealth Party, a former political party in the United Kingdom

Arts, entertainment, and media

Literature

• Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet, a 2004 book by Jeffrey Sachs
• Commonwealth (Hardt and Negri book), by Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri
• Commonwealth (Goebel novel), a 2008 novel by Joey Goebel
• Commonwealth (Patchett novel), a 2016 novel by Ann Patchett

Music

• "Commonwealth" (song), bootleg song by the Beatles
• Commonwealth (New Grass Revival album), 1981
• Commonwealth (Sloan album)
• "Commonwealth", a song by the American band Bright from the album The Miller Fantasies

Periodicals

• The Commonwealth (Pittsburgh), a 19th-century newspaper in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Commonwealth Magazine a web-based publication that covers politics, policy, ideas, and civic life
• The Commonwealth, a late-19th century publication of the London branch of the Christian Social Union
• The Commonwealth, the official publication of the Commonwealth Club of California

Other uses

• Commonwealth (statue), a 1905 statue on the Pennsylvania State Capitol grounds

Companies and charities

• Commonwealth (automobile company), a luxury auto company that produced cars from 1917 to 1922
• Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation, a former Australian aircraft manufacturer
• Commonwealth Athletic Conference, a high school athletic conference in Massachusetts
• Commonwealth Bank, an Australian multinational bank
• Commonwealth Brands, a tobacco company now called Commonwealth-Altadis, part of Imperial Tobacco
• Commonwealth Engineering, a former Australian engineering company
• Commonwealth Fund, an American charity promoting health care reform in the United States

Places

United States

• Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), a term used for two current and one former self-governing U.S. territories
• Commonwealth (U.S. state), a term used by four U.S. states in their full official state names, specifically:
  • Commonwealth of Massachusetts, the full name of Massachusetts
  • Commonwealth of Kentucky, the full name of Kentucky
  • Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the full name of Pennsylvania
  • Commonwealth of Virginia, the full name of Virginia
• Commonwealth, Virginia, an unincorporated community
• Commonwealth, Wisconsin, a town
  • Commonwealth (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community within the town
• Commonwealth Avenue (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Club Historic District, a private club in Richmond, Virginia

Elsewhere

• Commonwealth, Singapore, a subzone in Singapore
  • Commonwealth MRT station, a metro station along the East West Line in Singapore
• Commonwealth Mountain, a mountain on Ellesmere Island, Nunavut, Canada
• Commonwealth of Australia, the full name of Australia
• Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the full name of The Bahamas

Military

• HMAS Commonwealth, a Royal Australian Navy shore base located in Kure, Japan from 1948 to 1956
• HMS Commonwealth (1903), a Royal Navy battleship from 1905 to 1921

Schools

• Commonwealth College (disambiguation), three American colleges
• Commonwealth School, an independent high school in Boston, Massachusetts
• Commonwealth Secondary School, a secondary school in Jurong East, Singapore

See also

• Commonweal (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Bank building (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Brigade (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Building (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Club (disambiguation)
• Co-operative Commonwealth (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth Conference (disambiguation)
• Commonwealth District (disambiguation)

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