Union
Union generally means a union or combining of two individual things into one. labor or trade union, an association of workers banded together in the interests of its members
"the Union", a reference to the European Union
Union (American Civil War), an American Civil War term for the United States of America and the 23 states that remained loyal to it
The Union of the Crowns of March 1603 was the accession of James VI, King of Scots, to the throne of England, thus uniting Scotland and England under one monarch.
"the Union", the joining in 1801 of Great Britain and Ireland to form the United Kingdom
"Union", the uniting of the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange River Colony as the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910.
Union may also refer to:
In music
Albums, chronologically
Union (Toni Childs album), 1988
Union (Yes album), 1991
Union (Union album), 1998 album by Union
Union (Puya album), 2001
Union (Rasa album), 2001 album by Rasa
Union (Chara album), 2007 album by Chara
Union (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009
Bands
Union (band), a U.S. heavy metal band
Songs
"Union" by the Black Eyed Peas which sampled Sting's song Englishman in New York
In sports and entertainment
The Union (professional wrestling), a group of professional wrestlers in the World Wrestling Federation
The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, A 2007 documentary about the cannabis industry in British Columbia, Canada
Union (comic), set in the Star Wars universe
Union (comics), a character published by Wildstorm
Rugby union, coloquially referred to in some parts simply as "Union"
Philadelphia Union- The Philadelphia Major League Soccer team
In education
Union College, a college for which the principal campus sits in Schenectady, New York
Union College (Kentucky), a college in Kentucky
Union Institute & University, a non-trasbyterian School of Christian Education]], a Christian seminary in Richmond, Virginia
Union University, a Baptist college in Tennessee
In transportation
Union Station (disambiguation), any of several depots at which two or more railway, subway, or bus lines merge
Union (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, named for the adjacent railway station
Union Railroad (disambiguation), any of several railroad companies
Union (ship), a ship sunk in Fiji in 1804
Objects
Union (electrical), an electrical wiring term sometimes used for a butt connector used to splice wires
Union (hardware), a term sometimes used for a standoff (separator) that serves as an elongated nut
Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting
Half-union, a rare US coin
In mathematics and computer science
Union (set theory)
Union (SQL), an operator that combines the result of two SQL SELECT queries into a single result table
Union (computer science), a data structure that stores several types of data in the same location
Union mount, a way to access separate file system directories as if they were but one
In political arrangements
Personal Union
Dynastic Union
Political union
People
Gabrielle Union, an American actress
Places
Canada
Union, Elgin County, Ontario
Union, Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario
Union, Nova Scotia
Paraguay
Unión, Paraguay
United States
Union, Alabama
Union, California
Union, California, former name of Arcata, California
Union, Connecticut
Union, Illinois
Union, Iowa
Union, Kentucky
Union, Maine
Union, Mississippi
Union, Missouri
Union, Nebraska
Union, New York
Union, Ohio
Union, Oregon
Union, South Carolina
Union, West Virginia
Union, Wisconsin (multiple)
Ships
HMS Union, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
USRC Union (1808) a vessel chartered by the United States Revenue Cutter Service in 1808
USS Union, the name of various United States Navy ships
Translation
The word "Union" occurs as such in the following languages: English, Czech, German, French, Indonesian, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Slovak, Swedish.
Translation(s) in other languages: Arabic: اتحاد, Spanish: Unión, Hebrew: איחוד, Japanese: ユニオン (曖昧さ回避), Portuguese: União, Russian: Объединение, Finnish: Unioni.
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