transcription, транскрипция: [ -ˌwelth also ]
-ˌweltth noun
Date: 15th century
1. archaic : commonweal 2
2. : a nation, state, or other political unit: as
a. : one founded on law and united by compact or tacit agreement of the people for the common good
b. : one in which supreme authority is vested in the people
c. : republic
3. capitalized
a. : the English state from the death of Charles I in 1649 to the Restoration in 1660
b. : protectorate 1b
4. : a state of the U.S. — used officially of Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Virginia
5. capitalized : a federal union of constituent states — used officially of Australia
6. often capitalized : an association of self-governing autonomous states more or less loosely associated in a common allegiance (as to the British crown)
7. often capitalized : a political unit having local autonomy but voluntarily united with the U.S. — used officially of Puerto Rico and of the Northern Mariana Islands