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The correct spelling is confederacies.
How to pronounce confederacies
noun
Say it like: Con-fed-era-see-s
The correct spelling is confederacies. An alliance. For example: "The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux."
Usage Examples
“The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux.”
Definition
noun
- 1.An alliance.
- 2.A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre. As opposed to a federation, where the central and regional governments are each equal and sovereign in their own sphere.
- 3.Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
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