連邦
れんぽう · renpou · JLPT N1 · noun
federation of states
🇯🇵 連 (link) + 邦 (country/state): countries linked together as one federation
連 means join or link, 邦 means nation or state. A 連邦 is a union of states linked into one country. The Japanese reading renpou sounds like 'ren' (renraku, link) plus 'pou' (hou, nation).