Bund

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The word Bund ([bund, bunt]) may have one of the following meanings.

• The Bund can refer to:

• The Bund, a famous waterfront area in Shanghai, China
• The Bund, the television drama series produced by TVB
• In German, Bund means "union" or "association". Numerous organisations call themselves the "Bund" of something or other. In particular:

• the Bund was the name generally used for the General Jewish Labor Union operating in several European countries between the 1890s and the 1930s.
• the Bund was the name used for the German-American Bund, a pro-Nazi organisation of ethnic Germans in the United States before World War II.
• Bund für Umwelt und Naturschutz Deutschland e. V., (BUND), a German environmental association and the German section of Friends of the Earth International.

• In German, Der Bund (the Bund) is also

• a shorthand way of referring to the federal government in the federal republics of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.
• a colloquial nickname for the Bundeswehr, the army of Germany.

• A Bund is also:

• a provision of liquid collection facilities which, in the event of any leak or spillage from tanks or pipe work, will capture well in excess of the volume of liquids held within the bund area. Bunded areas should drain to a capture tank which should have facilities for water/oil separation.
• colloquially, a bond issued by the German government.
• in geography, a name for an embankment or dyke.