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Word: confederation (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

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

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Proper noun:

  • In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
  • In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.

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