confederacy en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/
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Etymology
From Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederation.
Meanings
- An alliance.
- A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre.
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Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| confederacies | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| confœderacy | alternative, obsolete | lexicographic |
Coordinates
federation · w:supranational union
Deriveds
Swiss Confederacy · Old Swiss Confederacy
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Translations (9)
es confederación (an alliance) · it confederazione (an alliance) · pl konfederacja (an alliance) · da konføderation (an alliance) · pt confederação (an alliance) · ro confederație (an alliance) · de Konföderation (an alliance) · fr confédération (an alliance) · ca confederació (an alliance)