Commons is a general term for shared resources, typically used in political economic theory.
As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin.
Commons may also refer to:
Shared resources Common good (disambiguation) Common land, shared areas of land; has a specific legal meaning in the British Isles Global commons, term used for international commons in political economic theory
Computing and Internet Apache Commons, repository of reusable Java programming language components Commons (news website), Taiwan-based Hong Kong news website established in 2021 Creative Commons, licensing system for creative works Digital commons (economics), a form of commons involving the distribution and communal ownership of informational resources and technology Digital Commons (Elsevier), a commercial, hosted institutional repository platform owned by RELX Group Wikimedia Commons, a project of the Wikimedia Foundation that serves as an online repository of images, sound, and other media files
Places Electoral districts Commons (ward), Christchurch, England
Northern Ireland townlands Commons, County Down, in the List of townlands in County Down Commons, County Fermanagh, in the List of townlands in County Fermanagh Commons, County Tyrone, in the List of townlands in County Tyrone
Shopping centers Algonquin Commons, a large outdoor shopping center in Algonquin, Illinois, US, often referred to as "the Commons" Ithaca Commons, a shopping street in Ithaca, New York, US
People John R. Commons (1862–1945), economist and labour historian Jamie N Commons (born 1988), British singer and songwriter Kim Commons (1951–2015), American chess master Kris Commons (born 1983), Scottish footballer Michael Commons (born 1939), American scientist
Media Commons: Journal of Social Criticism, a left-wing Ukrainian magazine Commmons, a Japanese record label The Commons (TV series), a 2020 Australian series on Stan
Political parties
Comunes (Chile) Commons (Colombian political party)
Other uses House of Commons, the elected lower houses of the parliaments of the United Kingdom and Canada, colloquially referred to as "the Commons" House of Commons of Canada House of Commons of the United Kingdom Commons, a concurrency road or other place where multiple roadways share pavement
See also Common (disambiguation) Common good (disambiguation) Commoner (disambiguation) The Common (disambiguation)
Commonlands, an area in the game EverQuest 1 and 2