Confederate States of America

English 250px|right|thumb|The states comprising the Confederate States of America are shown in red. Proper noun 1 en Q81931 en historical An unrecognized nation existing from 1861 to 1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states that sought independence from the United States of America in order to continue practicing slavery. Synonyms en Confederacy, en Confederate States, en CS, en CSA, en the en South, en Johnny Reb fig. Coordinate terms en Confederate, en reb, en rebel, en Johnny Reb, en southern, en southron, en Southerner Translations Q81931 nation existing from 1861 to 1865 Catalan: ca Estats Confederats d'Amèrica m-p Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 美利堅聯盟國 Měilìjiān Liánméngguó, cmn 美利堅邦聯 Měilìjiān Bānglián Danish: da Amerikas Konfødererede Stater c-p, da Sydstaterne c-p Faroese: fo Sameindu Amerikonsku Suðurríkini n Finnish: fi etelävaltiot French: fr États confédérés d'Amérique German: de Konföderierte Staaten von Amerika m-p Greek: el Συνομόσπονδες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής m-p Hindi: hi परिसंघीय राष्ट्र अमेरिका m parisanghīya rāṣṭra amerika Icelandic: is Suðurríkjasambandið n, is Sambandsríki Ameríku n Latin: la Civitates Confoederatae Americae Lithuanian: lt Amerikos konfederacijos valstijos f-p Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Amerikas konfødererte stater m-p Nynorsk: nn Amerikas konfødererte statar m-p Polish: pl Skonfederowane Stany Ameryki nv-p Portuguese: pt Estados Confederados da América m-p Romanian: ro Statele Confederate ale Americii n-p Spanish: es Estados Confederados de América m-p Swedish: sv Amerikas konfedererade stater Turkish: tr Amerika Konfedere Devletleri Welsh: cy Taleithiau Cydffederal America f-p Further reading en Countries in North America Slavery American Civil War Former polities