confederation

Meanings

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

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 date of Confederation: July 1, 1867.
3. In Newfoundland, the political union of Newfoundland with Canada.
4. In Newfoundland, the date of Confederation: March 31, 1949.

Etymology

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

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