[ˈjuːnɪən], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the action of joining together or the fact of being joined together, especially in a political context
(e.g: he was opposed to closer political or economic union with Europe)

- a society or association formed by people with a common interest or purpose
(e.g: members of the Students' Union)

- a political unit consisting of a number of states or provinces with the same central government

- the set that comprises all the elements (and no others) contained in any of two or more given sets

- a joint or coupling for pipes

- (in South Asia) a local administrative unit comprising several rural villages

- a part of a flag with an emblem symbolizing national union, typically occupying the upper corner next to the staff

- a fabric made of two or more different yarns, typically cotton and linen or silk


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Origin:
late Middle English: from Old French, or from ecclesiastical Latin unio(n-) ‘unity’, from Latin unus ‘one’