# Union
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [uˈni̯oːn]
* Hyphenation: Uni‧on

### Etymology 1

(locomotive): Derived from the name of the only U.S. company to use that configuration.

#### Noun

Union (plural Unions)
* The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.
* The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.

#### Proper noun

Union
* (US, with determiner, dated, especially 19th century) The United States of America.
    threats to secede from the Union
* (US, with determiner, historical) Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).
    Union troops at Gettysburg
* (with determiner, historical) The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз (Sojuz), and All-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj).
    throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]
* (chiefly India, with determiner, law) Alternative form of union
* Place names:
** A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.
** A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.
** A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.
** A number of places in the United States:
*** A town in Greene County, Alabama.
*** A ghost town in Merced County, California.
*** A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.
*** A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.
*** A village in McHenry County, Illinois.
*** An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.
*** A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.
*** A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.
*** A town in Knox County, Maine.
*** A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.
*** A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.
*** An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.
*** A village in Cass County, Nebraska.
*** A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.
*** A hamlet in Madison County, New York.
*** A large town in Broome County, New York.
*** A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.
*** A city in Union County, Oregon.
*** A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.
*** An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.
*** A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.
*** A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.
*** A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.
*** A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.
*** An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.
*** A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.
*** A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.
*** A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.
*** A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.
*** A large number of townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.

##### Derived terms

* Union City
* Union County
* Union Jack
* Union Mills
* Union Parish
* Uniontown
* West Union

### Etymology 2

Probably a variant spelling of Onion.

#### Proper noun

Union (plural Unions)
* A surname.

##### Statistics

* According to the 2010 United States Census, Union is the 37591st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 592 individuals. Union is most common among Black/African American (59.97%) and White (32.6%) individuals.

#### Further reading

* Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Union”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

### Etymology 3

Clipping of Oxford Union.

#### Proper noun

the Union
* (Oxford University, informal) The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).

### Gallery

Some Union generals
* Ulysses S. Grant
* George B. McClellan
* George Meade
* William Rosecrans
* William Tecumseh Sherman
* Daniel Sickles
* George Henry Thomas

### Anagrams

* iunno

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Union. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: Uni‧on

### Proper noun

Union n
* A neighbourhood of Sint Eustatius, Netherlands

## French
### Proper noun

Union f
* Shortened form of the name of various Unions
** Ellipsis of Union européenne.

## German
### Etymology

From French union, from Late Latin ūniō, from Latin ūnus (“one”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ʔuˈn̪joːn̪]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Union f (genitive Union, plural Unionen)
* union

#### Related terms

* Europäische Union
* Sowjetunion

### Proper noun

Union f (proper noun, genitive Union)
* (politics) The CDU/CSU: the union of the two Christian democratic parties in Germany, the CSU in Bavaria and the CDU in the rest of Germany.

### References

* “Union” in Duden online
* “Union” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

### Further reading

* Union on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$