Confederate States of America

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Conˈfed•er•ate ˈStates of Aˈmer•i•ca, n. [proper noun* the + ~]

1. American History the group of 11 Southern states that withdrew from the federal Union of the U.S. in 1860–61.

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Confed′erate States′ of Amer′ica, 

1. American History the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61. Also called the Confederacy. 

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Confederate States of America noun:plural

1. the 11 Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi) that seceded from the Union in 1861, precipitating a civil war with the North. The Confederacy was defeated in 1865 and the South reincorporated into the US