The Commonwealth

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nickname traditional nickname

The Commonwealth is a traditional nickname for the U.S. state of Massachusetts, reflecting its historical self-identification as a government founded on the common consent and welfare of its people.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
The Commonwealth canonical 2
"Commonwealth" 1

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf nickname ⓘ
traditional nickname ⓘ
appearsIn legal references to the state of Massachusetts ⓘ
official documents of Massachusetts ⓘ
appliesTo Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: U.S. state of Massachusetts
associatedWith Governor of Massachusetts ⓘ
Massachusetts General Court ⓘ
judicial system of Massachusetts ⓘ
contrastedWith State of Massachusetts (informal phrasing) ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
denotes political community based on common good ⓘ
governingDocument Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
hasMeaning government founded on the common consent of the people ⓘ
government founded on the common welfare of the people ⓘ
historicalContext self-identification of Massachusetts as a commonwealth ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalStatus symbolic designation ⓘ
politicalPhilosophy common welfare ⓘ
popular sovereignty ⓘ
refersTo Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
relatedTo Commonwealth countries ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth (political designation)

Constitution of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts Constitution
sharesDesignationTypeWith Kentucky ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Kentucky

Pennsylvania ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Virginia ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Virginia
shortFormOf Massachusetts ⓘ
surface form: Commonwealth of Massachusetts
timePeriodOfOrigin late 18th century ⓘ
usedAs formal style for Massachusetts government ⓘ
usedIn Massachusetts ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Massachusetts → hasNickname → The Commonwealth ⓘ
Massachusetts (via Supreme Judicial Court located there) → hasNickname → The Commonwealth ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts
Heart of the Commonwealth → hasComponent → The Commonwealth ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Commonwealth"