Definitions of Confederacy
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the group of 11 Southern states that broke away from the United States in 1860–61, before the Civil Warsynonyms: Confederate States, Confederate States of America, Dixie, Dixieland, Southexample of:geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical regiona demarcated area of the Earth
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