The term
Commonwealth English is used as a collective term for those variants of
English used in the
British Commonwealth, such as
British English,
Canadian English,
Australian English,
New Zealand English and
South African English. The term
International English is also occasionally used in this sense (although also in other senses).
Some of these forms of English have their own separate, recognised dictionaries. Australian English has had the [Macquarie Dictionary]? since 1981 and in 1998 [Oxford University Press]? published dictionaries for both Canadian English and New Zealand English after extended research in these English speaking countries.
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