• Finnish: liittoutuneet

• Croatian: alijansa
• German: Allianz

Synonyms

• connection
• affinity
• union
• confederacy
• confederation
• league
• coalition

Related terms

• ally
• league

French

Etymology

aliance, from alier (modern: allier) "to ally" (compare with Late Latin alligantia).

Pronunciation

• /aljɑ̃s/

Noun

fr-noun f

1. alliance, union
2. (wedding) ring

An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. The Anglo-Portuguese Alliance between England (succeeded by the United Kingdom) and Portugal is the oldest alliance in the world which is still in force. It was signed in 1373.

An alliance may refer to:

Politics

• Alberta Alliance Party, right wing political party in Alberta, Canada
• Alliance, the former name of the Barisan Nasional in Malaysia
• Alliance (Iceland), political party in Iceland
• Alliance (New Zealand political party), left-wing political party in New Zealand politics
• Alliance 90, an alliance of 3 opposition groups in East Germany
• Alliance for Chile, a political coalition that includes Chiles two rightwing parties RN and UDI
• Alliance for Sweden, an electoral and governing (since September 2006) political coalition between the Moderate Party, Centre Party, Liberal People's Party and Christian Democrats
• Alliance for the planet (L’Alliance pour la planète)
• Alliance Party of Northern Ireland, political party operating in Northern Ireland
• Canadian Alliance, Canadian right-of-centre conservative political party that existed from 2000 to 2003
• Fijian Alliance, a former political party in Fiji
• Melanesian Alliance Party, a political party in Papua New Guinea
• People's Alliance for Democracy, a long-term protest in Thailand which aims to regain the true democracy of Thai people from the effects of Thaksinocracy, which lasts for many years.
• People's Alliance Party, a political party in the Solomon Islands
• ProLife Alliance, a political party in the United Kingdom
• SDP-Liberal Alliance, electoral alliance of the Social Democratic Party and the Liberal Party in the United Kingdom that operated from 1981 to 1988
• The Alliance, the predecessor of the Barisan Nasional political coalition in Malaysia.
• The Alliance (Hong Kong), political group in Hong Kong
• Tongmenghui (or "Revolutionary Alliance"), a Chinese underground resistance movement which operated in Japan from 1905 to 1912
• United Iraqi Alliance, a political coalition in Iraq
• United People Alliance, electoral and political coalition between the Portuguese Communist Party or PCP and the Portuguese Democratic Movement or MDP
• National Alliance (disambiguation), several political parties
• National Democratic Alliance, several political parties
• New Alliance Party (disambiguation), several political parties

Business

• Alliance (1904 automobile), an early German automobile
• Alliance (1905 automobile), an early French automobile
• Alliance Air, a low-cost carrier based in Delhi, India
• Alliance Airlines, a charter airline based in Brisbane, Australia
• Alliance Atlantis, a Toronto-based media company
• Alliance Entertainment, an independent distributor of music, movies, and game software
• Alliance Records, a record label
• Alliance Semiconductor, an electronic chip maker in Santa Clara, California
• Alliance & Leicester, a British bank
• Business alliance, an agreement between businesses

Geography

United States

• Alliance, Indiana
• Alliance, Nebraska
• Alliance, North Carolina
• Alliance, Ohio
• Alliance Township, Minnesota

Other

• Alliance, Suriname

Surname

• David Alliance, Baron Alliance, a British businessman and Liberal Democrat politician

Fiction

• Alliance of Twelve from the Alias TV series
• The Alliance, a military, cultural, and economic alliance between Humans, Night Elves, Gnomes, Dwarves and Draenei in the MMORPG World of Warcraft.
• Anglo-Sino Alliance, powerful government and law-enforcement organization that controls a large sector of colonized "core planets" in the Firefly television series
• Earth Alliance (Babylon 5), fictional alliance of the countries of Earth in the television series Babylon 5
• Earth Alliance (Gundam), a military alliance that controls most of the Earth in the Japanese anime TV series Gundam Seed
• Ferengi Alliance, fictional extraterrestrial race from the Star Trek universe
• Rebel Alliance, interstellar political resistance force formed in direct military opposition to the Galactic Empire in the fictional Star Wars universe
• United Alliance of Evil from the Power Rangers TV series

Other fields

• Alliance (Bible), Torah event
• Christian and Missionary Alliance, an evangelical Christian denomination
• The Alliance (professional wrestling), professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling
• The Alliance (dancehall), a group of dancehall artists founded by Bounty Killer
• The Alliance (The Office episode), an episode of the television series The Office
• Alliance To End Hulkamania, professional wrestling stable in World Championship Wrestling
• In taxonomy, a division between subtribe and genus
• Military alliance, an agreement between two, or more, countries
• The Alliance Theatre Company, based in Atlanta, Georgia
• The PC Gaming Alliance, a non-profit organisation aimed at promoting PC gaming

See also

• Alliances
• Confederacy (disambiguation)
• Northern Alliance
• Unholy Alliance

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