Syllabification: (Con·fed·er·ate States of A·mer·i·ca)
(also the Confederacy)
Definition of Confederate States of America
the eleven southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia) that seceded from the US in 1860–61, thus precipitating the Civil War.
Confederate States of America in other Oxford dictionaries
