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Confederation

//kənfɛdəˈɹeɪʃən// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    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.
  2. 2
    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 Canada, the date of Confederation; 1 July 1867.
  3. 3
    In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
  4. 4
    In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.; In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation; 31 March 1949.
Noun
  1. 1
    A union or alliance of states or political organizations.
  2. 2
    the act of forming an alliance or confederation wordnet
  3. 3
    The act of forming an alliance.
  4. 4
    a union of political organizations wordnet
  5. 5
    the state of being allied or confederated wordnet

Etymology

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

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