It also is used in islands of the former Netherlands Antilles and in Suriname, a former Dutch dependency.
Colleran is a former chemical dependency counselor for the Minnesota-based Hazelden treatment centers and the recently-retired director of Florida's Hanley Center for Older Adult Recovery.
Commonwealth, also called Commonwealth of Nations, formerly (1931 49) British Commonwealth of Nations, a free association of sovereign states comprising the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies who have chosen to maintain ties of friendship and practical cooperation and who acknowledge the British monarch as symbolic head of their association.
Guyana has been a member of the Commonwealth (an international group made up of the United Kingdom and a number of its former dependencies) since 1970.
Nationalist sentiment developed rapidly in many of these areas after World War I and even more so after World War II, with the result that, beginning with India in 1947, independence was granted them, along with the option of retaining an association with Great Britain and other former dependencies in the Commonwealth of Nations (the adjective "British" was not used officially after 1946).
Commonwealth membership grew dramatically in the second half of the 20th century as former dependencies attained sovereignty.
Literary works written in French in countries outside the Hexagon, including former dependencies, are discussed under the appropriate national entries.
The United Kingdom and France also generally maintain close relations with former dependencies, supplying military training, arms, and, in some cases, defense.
On the one hand this is an additional indicator for cultural distance since due to strong historical relationships cultural interaction remained stronger between colonial states and their former dependencies.
It's a game of dependency, says a former royal adviser.
