the United States of America, specif. when regarded as a federal union
2.
the North in the Civil War
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Examples of 'the Union' in a sentence
the Union
The next day Helena forced her attention away from Max Bergmann to the Union Carbide Corporation.
Appiganesi, Lisa DREAMS OF INNOCENCE
All these things were being taken by the Uzbeks to be sold by their compatriots in the Union capital's free-market stalls.
Shah, Idries KARA KUSH
All related terms of 'the Union'
the Union School
a historic building located at 516-518 Bethlehem Pike in Fort Washington , Pennsylvania , in the United States . Built in 1773, the Union School was one of the earliest public schools in Pennsylvania, and the first that did not discriminate based on social position or religious preference
the Vienna Union
an international conference of socialists who came together in Vienna in 1921 in an attempt to reconstruct a united International by offering an alternative to the right-wing remnant of the Second International and to the Comintern : merged into the Labour and Socialist International in 1923
State of the Union
A State of the Union speech or address is a speech, given once a year, in which the president of the United States talks about the current political issues that affect the country as a whole and about his plans for the year ahead .
Soviet of the Union
(in the former Soviet Union ) part of the bicameral legislature of the Supreme Soviet , together with the Soviet of the Nationalities
the Union of Myanmar
a republic in SE Asia, on the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea: unified from small states in 1752; annexed by Britain (1823–85) and made a province of India in 1886; became independent in 1948. It is generally mountainous , with the basins of the Chindwin and Irrawaddy Rivers in the central part and the Irrawaddy delta in the south. Official language: Burmese . Religion : Buddhist majority . Currency: kyat . Capital: Yangon , with the seat of government at Nay Pyi Taw . Pop: 53 370 609 (2017 est). Area: 676 577 sq km (261 228 sq miles)
Union of the Comoros
a republic consisting of three volcanic islands in the Indian Ocean , off the NW coast of Madagascar ; a French territory from 1947; became independent in 1976 except for Mayotte , the fourth island in the group, which chose to remain French. Official languages: Comorian, French, and Arabic . Religion : Muslim . Currency : franc . Capital: Moroni. Pop: 813 912 (2017 est). Area: 1862 sq km (719 sq miles)
State of the Union Address
an annual address given by the US president to both houses of Congress
the Economic and Monetary Union
a union of nations within the European Union sharing a single market and a single currency (the Euro )