Confédération

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃.fe.de.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ === Proper noun === la Confédération f (historical) Confederacy (group of U.S. states that seceded from the Union during the American Civil War) Synonym: États confédérés d'Amérique Coordinate term: Union Confederation (union of provinces and territories of British North America to form Canada) Synonym: Confédération canadienne ellipsis of Confédération suisse (“Swiss Confederation”) ==== Derived terms ====