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Union
Union


noun 
Definition:
 
1. union of Britain and Northern Ireland: the union of Great Britain and Northern Ireland since 1920
2. northern side in US Civil War: the side of the northern states in the American Civil War, or its armed forces. The northern states favoured preservation of the nation as a union of states whereas the southern states declared their secession from that union.
3. United States: the United States of America
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