North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

Union / North - the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War)
Connecticut / Connecticut River - a river in the northeastern United States

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