Union
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[edit]Etymology 1
[edit](locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.
Noun
[edit]Union (plural Unions)
- The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
- The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.
Proper noun
[edit]Union
- (US, with determiner, dated, especially 19th century) The United States of America.
- threats to secede from the Union
- (US, with determiner, historical) Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
- Union troops at Gettysburg
- (with determiner, historical) The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз (Sojuz), and all-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj).
- throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]
- (chiefly India, with determiner, law) Alternative form of union
- Place names:
- A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
- A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
- A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
- A number of places in the United States:
- A town in Greene County, Alabama.
- A ghost town in Merced County, California.
- A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
- A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
- A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
- An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.
- A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
- A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
- A town in Knox County, Maine.
- A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.
- A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.
- An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
- A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
- A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
- A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
- A large town in Broome County, New York.
- A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.
- A city in Union County, Oregon.
- A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.
- An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
- A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.
- A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
- A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
- An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
- A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
- A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
- A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.
Derived terms
[edit]Etymology 2
[edit]Probably a variant spelling of Onion.
Proper noun
[edit]Union (plural Unions)
- A surname.
Statistics
[edit]- According to the 2010 United States Census, Union is the 37591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Union is most common among Black/African American (59.97%) and White (32.6%) individuals.
Further reading
[edit]- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Union”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Etymology 3
[edit]Clipping of Oxford Union.
Proper noun
[edit]the Union
- (Oxford University, informal) The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).
Gallery
[edit]Some Union generals
Anagrams
[edit]Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from English Union. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
[edit]- Hyphenation: Uni‧on
Proper noun
[edit]Union n
- A neighbourhood of Sint Eustatius, Netherlands
French
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Union f
- Shortened form of the name of various Unions
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From French union, from Late Latin ūniō, from Latin ūnus (“one”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Union f (genitive Union, plural Unionen)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Union [feminine]
Related terms
[edit]Proper noun
[edit]Union f (proper noun, genitive Union)
- (politics) The CDU/CSU: the union of the two Christian democratic parties in Germany, the CSU in Bavaria and the CDU in the rest of Germany.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- Union on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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