federation

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The billions and I think trillions of people in the federation are actually mostly civilian.

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  1. noun The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
  2. noun A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.

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  • The union of clubs in a federation is the natural outgrowth of the club idea. —  Memories of Jane Cunningham Croly, "Jenny June"
  • The billions and I think trillions of people in the federation are actually mostly civilian. —  Next Big Future
  • The RTx, sometimes known as a federation reconciliation catalog, is published by the Eclipse —  PlanetJava
  • Also known as UEFA, the federation is one of the biggest of the six continental confederations of FIFA. —  Find Free Articles - ArticlesBase
  • A lot of things have to change in the mexican federation, that is, from the top dogs, down to the players (which in my opinion are overrated and are a bunch of wuzz). right now any coach can take that team, and it wont make much difference. —  Original Signal - Transmitting Digg
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  1. = French fédération = Spanish federation =Portuguese federação = Italian federazione, from Latin as if *fœderatio(n-), from fœderare, league together: see federate.
 

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/fɛdəˈreɪʃən/
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