confederacy

in Vietnamese Liên minh, liên bang

BrE /kənˈfɛdərəsi/ AmE /kənˈfedərəsi/

noun en → vi

1 GROUP [singular] B2

Liên minh, liên bang

a group of people or organizations that work together for a common purpose, especially when they are not part of the same country or government

  • a confederacy of something

Collocations confederacy of states · confederacy of tribes

  • The Southern States formed a confederacy to fight against the Union.

    Các bang miền Nam đã thành lập một liên minh để chiến đấu chống lại Liên minh.

2 HISTORY [singular] C1

Liên minh (trong lịch sử)

a group of states or regions that were united in a loose alliance, especially during the American Civil War

  • the Confederate States of America

Collocations Confederate States of America · Confederacy during the Civil War

  • The Confederacy was defeated in 1865.

    Liên minh đã bị đánh bại vào năm 1865.