Alliance

An alliance can be:

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• an agreement between two parties, made in order to advance common goals and to secure common interests. See also:
• a military alliance formed between states
• a business alliance formed between organisations
• alliances in the Bible
• Alliance is a name of several political parties:
• a New Zealand political party, the Alliance
• a Canadian political party, the Canadian Alliance
• an Icelandic political party, the Alliance
• a Northern_Ireland political party, Alliance
• the former name of the Malaysian political coalition currently known as the Barisan Nasional (National Front).
• Alliance is also the name of a number of places
• in the United States of America:
• Alliance, Nebraska
• Alliance, Ohio
• Alliance, North Carolina
• and in Canada:
• Alliance, Alberta
• Alliance, Ontario
• Belle-Alliance Electoral District, Quebec
• Other uses of Alliance:
• a group in the Star Fleet Universe, the General War-era Alliance
• a faction in the Warcraft Universe, the Alliance - comprised of the Humans, Night Elves, Dwarves, and Gnomes.
• a common name for (ostensibly) democratic, "good-guy" (often, but not always) star-nations in various science fiction universes - Babylon 5's Earth Alliance, Star Wars's Rebel Alliance, Firefly's Anglo-Sino Alliance, et cetera.
• The Alliance was the name of a professional wrestling faction which ostensibly consisted of World Championship Wrestling and Extreme Championship Wrestling.

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