By 1600 the area had become divided into the Spanish-dominated, Catholic, southern provinces broadly modern Belgium and the independent, predominantly Calvinist United Provinces of the north broadly the modern Netherlands, or colloquially Holland; the boundary between the two remained fluid, however.
Mr. Garcia, who is widely known as Chuy, united the predominantly Hispanic precincts, capturing 54percentt of the vote.
That linkup would have united the predominantly Kurdish areas in northern Syria.
The 55-year-old Mancunian grew up in a predominantly Manchester United-supporting household but is a Manchester City fan and told BBC Sport: "I first went to watch them in 1972.
Fighters united in opposition to the predominantly Shia Houthi rebels, including Southern cessationists and jihadists, have grown increasingly fragmented.
Yet they are united in their demand, endorsed by predominantly Shiite Iran, that the Americans leave soon.
"Being that the neighborhood is predominantly Hispanic and African-American, we as a people have not united in the past for this not to happen," Ms. Delgado said.
Many doubt an all-male, predominantly white government can unite one of the world's most ethnically diverse nations, particularly given its primary focus will be to cut government spending so attract foreign investment.
The Yao were never united but lived as small groups ruled by chiefs who were predominantly military and commercial leaders; by 1900 all Yao chiefdoms had come under German, Portuguese, or British rule.
Googlers united against the president's decision to restrict immigration and travel from certain predominantly Muslim countries.
The new state united the ʿAlawite and Druze territories, which had formerly enjoyed separate status, with the predominantly Sunni regions of Damascus, Homs, Ḥamāh, and Aleppo.
