alliance

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Synonyms: dalliance, ralliance, salliance, ambiance, valiance, allegiance, allowance, appliance, affiance, reliance, alliant

Antonyms: dalliance, ralliance, salliance, ambiance, valiance, allegiance, allowance, appliance, affiance, reliance, alliant

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being allied.
2. {{lb|en|countable}} The act of allying or uniting.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} A union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially between families by marriage and states by [[compact]], [[treaty]], or [[league]].
4. {{lb|en|countable}} Any union resembling that of families or states; union by relationship in qualities; [[affinity]].
5. {{lb|en|with the [[definite article]]}} The persons or parties allied.
6. {{lb|en|taxonomy|dated}} {{syn of|en|cohort||group of orders of organisms}}.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} To [[connect]] or [[unite]] by alliance; to [[ally]].

Proper noun

1. {{place|en|former unincorporated community|co/Humboldt County|s/California|c/USA}}, now incorporated into the city of [[Arcata]].
2. {{place|en|unincorporated community|co/Madison County|s/Indiana|c/USA}}.
3. {{place|en|city/county seat|co/Box Butte County|s/Nebraska|c/USA}}.
4. {{place|en|town|co/Pamlico County|s/North Carolina|c/USA}}.
5. {{place|en|city|situated mostly in|co/Stark County|s/Ohio|c/USA}}.
6. {{place|en|A master <<planned community>> in <<co/Denton County>> and <<co/Tarrant County>>, <<s/Texas>>, <<c/USA>>}}.
7. {{place|en|village|in central|p/Alberta|c/Canada}}.
8. {{place|en|town|c/Suriname}}, on the banks of the {{w|Suriname River}}.
9. {{lb|en|Northern Ireland|politics}} {{ellipsis of|en|w:Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}.
10. {{lb|en|UK politics|historical}} The alliance in the 1980s between the [[SDP]] and the [[Liberal Party]], precursor of the [[Liberal Democrats]].

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