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Vinony

confederation

noun

  1. union of sovereign states linked by treaties, whose common government does not directly exercise its sovereignty over their territory
  2. the act of uniting in a confederacy
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kənfɛdəˈɹeɪʃən/

name

  1. In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, initially New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
  2. In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, initially New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
  3. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
  4. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.

noun

Etymology: From Middle English confederacion, confideracion and Middle French confédération, from Old French confederacion, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederacy.

  1. A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  2. The act of forming an alliance.