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Confederacy

/kəˈnfɛdərəsi/
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(noun) An alliance.

The Maratha Empire could just as easily be called the Maratha Confederacy.
Maratha polity consisted of a decentralised confederacy of various states.
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Several independent tribes formed a powerful ____ to defend their lands against invaders.

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