commune1
/komyoon/ • noun 1 a group of people living together and sharing possessions and responsibilities. 2 the smallest French territorial division for administrative purposes. 3 (the Commune) the government elected in Paris in 1871, advocating communal organization of society. — ORIGIN Latin communia, from communis ‘common’.
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