Union

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Union generally means a union or combining of two individual things into one.

• labour or trade union, an association of workers banded together in the interests of its members
• "the Union", a reference to the European Union
• Union (American Civil War), an American Civil War term for the United States of America and the 23 states that remained loyal to it
• "the Union", the joining of England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• "Union", the uniting of the previously separate colonies of the Cape, Natal, Transvaal and the Orange River Colony as the Union of South Africa on 31 May 1910.

Union may also refer to:

Contents 1 In music 2 In sports and entertainment 3 In education 4 In transportation 5 Objects 6 In mathematics and computer science 7 In political arrangements 8 People 9 Places 10 Ships 11 See also

[edit] In music

Albums, chronologically

• Union (Toni Childs album), 1988
• Union (Yes album), 1991
• Union (Union album), 1998 album by Union
• Union (Puya album), 2001
• Union (Rasa album), 2001 album by Rasa
• Union (The Boxer Rebellion album), 2009

Bands

• Union (band), a U.S. heavy metal band

Songs

• "Union" by the Black Eyed Peas which sampled Sting's song Englishman in New York

[edit] In sports and entertainment

• The Union (professional wrestling), a group of professional wrestlers in the World Wrestling Federation
• The Union: The Business Behind Getting High, A 2007 documentary about the cannabis industry in British Columbia, Canada.
• Union (comic), set in the Star Wars universe
• Union (comics), a character published by Wildstorm
• Rugby union, coloquially referred to in some parts simply as "Union". One of two codes of Rugby football.
• Philadelphia Union- The Philadelphia Major League Soccer team.

[edit] In education

• Union College, a college for which the principal campus sits in Schenectady, New York
• Union College (Kentucky), a college in Kentucky
• Union Institute & University, a non-traditional educational institution
• Union Public Schools, a public school system in Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Union Theological College, a college in Northern Ireland
• Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York, an ecumenical Christian seminary
• Union Theological Seminary & Presbyterian School of Christian Education, a Christian seminary in Richmond, Virginia
• Union University, a Baptist college in Tennessee

[edit] In transportation

• Union Station, any of several depots at which two or more railway, subway, or bus lines merge
  • Union (TTC), a subway station in Toronto, named for the adjacent railway station
• Union Railroad, any of several railroad companies
• Union (ship), a ship sunk in Fiji in 1804

[edit] Objects

• Union (electrical), an electrical wiring term sometimes used for a butt connector used to splice wires
• Union (hardware), a term sometimes used for a standoff (separator) that serves as an elongated nut
• Union (plumbing), a pipe fitting

[edit] In mathematics and computer science

• Union (set theory)
• Union (SQL), an operator that combines the result of two SQL SELECT queries into a single result table
• Union (computer science), a data structure that stores several types of data in the same location
• Union mount, a way to access separate file system directories as if they were but one

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[edit] In political arrangements

• Personal Union
• Dynastic Union
• Political union

[edit] People

• Gabrielle Union, an American actress

[edit] Places

Canada

• Union, Elgin County, Ontario
• Union, Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario
• Union, Nova Scotia

Paraguay

• Unión, Paraguay

United States

• Union, Alabama
• Union, California
• Union, California, former name of Arcata, California
• Union, Connecticut
• Union, Illinois
• Union, Iowa
• Union, Kentucky
• Union, Maine
• Union, Mississippi
• Union, Missouri
• Union, Nebraska
• Union, New York
• Union, Ohio
• Union, Oregon
• Union, South Carolina
• Union, West Virginia
• Union, Wisconsin (multiple)

[edit] Ships

• HMS Union, the name of various ships of the British Royal Navy
• USRC Union (1808) a vessel chartered by the United States Revenue Cutter Service in 1808
• USS Union, the name of various United States Navy ships

[edit] See also

• Mount Union, Iowa
• Union Beach, New Jersey
• Union City (multiple)
• Union County (multiple)
• Union Grove, Alabama
• Union Hill, Illinois
• Union Parish, Louisiana
• Union Park, Florida
• Union Springs (multiple)
• Uniontown (multiple)
• Union Township (multiple)
• Unionville (multiple)
• West Union, Iowa
• Union Councils of Bangladesh

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