United States of America

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /juː.ˌnaɪ.tɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹ.ɨ.kə/
• (GA) enPR: yo͞o-nī'tĭd stāts' əv ə-mĕrʹĭ-kə, IPA: /ju.ˌnaɪ.tɪ̈d ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹ.ɪ̈.kə/

Proper noun

1. A country in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and including Alaska, Hawaii and several territories.

   Mexico and Canada border the United States of America.

Synonyms

• America
  • Merica (informal)
  • 'Murica/'murica (humorous)
• United States
  • the States
  • United States of North America
  • U.S./US
  • U.S.A./USA
  • U.S. of A.
  • Usania
  • Usonia
  • Usona
• Yankee land (slang)
• arsenal of democracy (figurative)
• land of the free (figurative)

Translations

• French: États-Unis d'Amérique, États-Unis, É-U, Amérique
• German: Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Vereinigte Staaten, USA, Amerika
• Italian: Stati Uniti d'America, Stati Uniti, SUA
• Portuguese: Estados Unidos da América, Estados Unidos, EUA
• Russian: Соединённые Шта́ты Аме́рики
• Spanish: Estados Unidos de América, Estados Unidos, EE. UU., EEUU

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