United
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United can refer to:
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[edit] Countries
United is used in a countires name, when any number of states or regions are combines to make a united Country. Countries wih united in their name include:
- United States of America (USA/ US/ United States)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK/ United Kingdom)
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)
[edit] Travel
- United (Bus), a Bus and coach service that operated in the UK, until the 1990s when they merged with the Arriva Group.
[edit] Sports
"United" forms part of many association football teams names, usually and originally in England when two or more clubs merged and became united. Below is a list of professional clubs in order of when the name was first used, with the year it first came into use next to it;
- Sheffield United (1889)
- Newcastle United (1892)
- Scunthorpe United (1899)
- West Ham United (1900)
- Manchester United (1902)
- Carlisle United (1903)
- Southend United (1906)
- Leeds United (1919)
- Hereford United (1924)
- Rotherham United (1925)
- Peterborough United (1934)
- Colchester United (1937)
- Hartlepool United (1977)
Outside of English football, some other professional clubs in countries around the world have used United in their name while playing the same sport, this includes;
- Dundee United (1923)
- D.C. United (1995)
- Tampere United (1998)
- Adelaide United (2003)
- KVSK United (2003)
[edit] Television
- United!, a show that aired on BBC1 (none of the episodes survive)
- "United (Enterprise episode)", a fourth season episode of Star Trek: Enterprise
[edit] Politics
- One of several political parties around the world called the United Party
- UNITED for Intercultural Action, the biggest European network against nationalism, racism, fascism and in support of migrants and refugees
- United and uniting churches are churches formed from the merger or other form of union of two or more different Protestant denominations
[edit] Music
- Hillsong United (band), the band of Hillsong United (the Hillsong Church youth ministry) that has released several albums
- "United", a song by Judas Priest, from the album British Steel
- United (Phoenix album), the debut album by the French rock band, Phoenix
- "United", a song by Revl9n from their self-titled debut album.
- "United", an album by the heavy metal band Dream Evil
- United (Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell album)
- "United", a song by Prince Ital Joe featuring Marky Mark
[edit] Other
- United and uniting churches
- Hillsong United, the youth ministry of Hillsong Church
- United North Piha Lifeguard Service
- United, a brand name chocolate biscuit sold in the UK
- United Technologies Corporation, an American multi-national