Alliance

• 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
• 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
• a group in the Star Fleet Universe, the General War-era Alliance
• 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.