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Union

DEFINITIONS OF: Union

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n the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)

“he has visited every state in the Union
“Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union
Synonyms:
North
Example of:
America, U.S., U.S.A., US, USA, United States, United States of America, the States
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

adj being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

Union soldiers”
Synonyms:
Federal
northern
in or characteristic of a region of the United States north of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
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