reunification n : the act of coming together again; "monetary unification precipitated the reunification of the German state in October 1990" [syn: reunion]

English

Noun

1. The unification of something that was previously divided; used especially of a country

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Related terms

• reunified
• reunify

Reunification is the political unification of separate political entities which had previously been united.

Historical reunifications

• Bulgarian unification 1878-85, after 1396 Ottoman conquest
• Chinese reunification (1928) or "Northeast Flag Replacement" proclaimed victory of Guangzhou/Nanjing government over Beiyang government after 1912 division
• German reunification in 1990, divided since 1949
  • German unification in 1864-71, divided since 1806 end of Holy Roman Empire
  • Anschluss (1938 Nazi reunification of "Lesser Germany" and Austria into "Greater Germany")
• Italian unification 1815-71, divided since the sixth-century Ostrogoths
• Polish reunification 1918-22, divided since 1795
• Vietnamese reunification in 1975-6, divided since 1954
• Yemenite reunification in 1990, of North and South Yemen
• The reunification between Denmark and the northern part of South Jutland in 1920. See Schleswig Plebiscites.

Reunification movements

At various times various nationalist and irredentist movements promoted ideas of restoration or unification in various places.

See also

• Unification (disambiguation)
• political union
• territorial integrity