United States

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/, /jʊˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/
• (General American) enPR: yo͞o-nī'tĭd stātsʹ, IPA^(key): /juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/, [juˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts], [jɪ̈-]

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• Rhymes: -eɪts
• Hyphenation: Unit‧ed States

Proper noun

the United States

2. (in the singular) shortened form of United States of America
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3. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
4. (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States, including:

   US territories, possessions, and commonwealths; and

   Other areas over which the U.S. government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility

5. (nation's name) Federal nation consisting of several states, actual, historical or hypothetical.

   Republic of the United States of Brazil.

   The United States of Europe.

Synonyms

• Usania, Usonia, Usona (all nonstandard)

Meronyms

• (states of the United States) state of the United States; Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming

Coordinate terms

• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States

Derived terms

• U.S. American, United Statesian
• United Mexican States

Translations

the United States

• Arabic: الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَة‎ f pl (al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥida), أَمْرِيكَا‎ (ar) f (ʾamrīkā), أَمِيرِكَا‎ f (ʾamērikā), أَمْرِيكَة‎ f (ʾamrīka)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܪܘܬܐ ܡܚܝܕܐ ܕܐܡܪܝܟܐ‎

• Armenian: Միացյալ Նահանգներ (Miacʿyal Nahangner), Ամերիկա (hy) (Amerika)
• Asturian: Estaos Uníos m pl
• Azerbaijani: Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları (az), Amerika (az)
• Basque: Ameriketako Estatu Batuak
• Belarusian: Злу́чаныя Шта́ты m pl (Zlúčanyja Štáty), ЗША m pl (ZŠA), Аме́рыка f (Amjéryka)
• Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (yuktôraṣṭrô), আমেরিকা (amerika)
• Bulgarian: Съедине́ните ща́ти m pl (Sǎedinénite štáti), Аме́рика f (Amérika)
• Burmese: အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု (a.meri.kanpranyhtaungcu.), အမေရိက (a.meri.ka.)
• Catalan: Estats Units (ca) m pl
• Chamorro: Estados Unidos
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 美利堅合眾國 (zh), 美利坚合众国 (zh) (Měilìjiān Hézhòngguó), 合眾國 (zh), 合众国 (zh) (Hézhòngguó), 美國 (zh), 美国 (zh) (Měiguó)

• Czech: Spojené státy (cs) m pl
• Danish: USA (da), Amerikas Forenede Stater, De Forenede Stater c pl
• Dutch: VS (nl) m pl, Verenigde Staten (nl) m pl
• Esperanto: Usono (eo) sg, Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj Amerikaj pl (formal), Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko (eo) pl (formal)
• Estonian: Ühendriigid pl
• Finnish: Yhdysvallat (fi) pl
• French: États-Unis (fr) m pl
• Galician: Estados Unidos (gl) m pl
• Georgian: შეერთებული შტატები (šeertebuli šṭaṭebi), აშშ (ka) (ašš), ამერიკა (ameriḳa)
• German: USA (de) pl, Vereinigte Staaten (de) pl, Amerika (de) n
• Greek: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες (el) f pl (Inoménes Politeíes)
• Haitian Creole: Etazini, (to/in the US) Ozetazini
• Hebrew: אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית‎ (he) f pl (artsot ha-brit)
• Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) m (amerikā)
• Hungarian: Egyesült Államok (hu)
• Icelandic: Bandaríkin (is)
• Indonesian: Amerika Serikat (id), Amerika (id)
• Interlingua: Statos Unite (ia)
• Inupiak: United States
• Irish: Stáit Aontaithe m pl
• Italian: Stati Uniti (it) m pl

• Japanese: 合衆国 (ja) (Gasshūkoku), アメリカ合衆国 (ja) (Amerika Gasshūkoku), 米国 (ja) (べいこく, Béikoku), アメリカ (ja) (Amerika)
• Khmer: សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក (km) (saharoat aameirik), សហរដ្ឋ (saharoat)
• Korean: 미국 (ko) (miguk) (美國 (ko)), 아메리카 (ko) (amerika), 미합중국 (mihapjungguk) (美合衆國)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Ameriqayê Yekbûyî (ku)

• Lao: ສະຫະລັດອະເມລິກາ (sa ha lat ’a mē li kā), ອະເມລິກາ (’a mē li kā), ອາເມລິກາ (’ā mē li kā)
• Latvian: Savienotās Valstis f pl
• Lithuanian: Jungtinės Valstijos m pl
• Macedonian: Соединети Држави f pl (Soedineti Državi)
• Malay: Amerika Syarikat (ms)
• Navajo: Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí
• Norman: Êtats Unnis m pl
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: De forente stater m pl

• Occitan: Estats Units (oc) m pl
• Oriya: ଯୁକ୍ତରାଜ୍ୟ (or) (juktôrajyô)
• Persian: ایالات متحده‎ (fa) (eyâlât-e mottahede), اتازونی‎ (fa) (etâzuni) (dated), آمریکا‎ (fa) (âmrikâ)
• Polish: Stany Zjednoczone (pl) m inan pl, USA (pl) pl
• Portuguese: Estados Unidos (pt) m pl
• Quechua: Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna
• Romanian: Statele Unite f pl
• Russian: Соединённые Шта́ты (ru) m pl (Sojedinjónnyje Štáty), США (ru) m pl (SŠA), Аме́рика (ru) f (Amérika)
• Scots: Unitit States
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сједињене Америчке Државе pl

  Roman: Sjedinjene Američke Države (sh) pl

• Sinhalese: ඇමරිකාව (æmarikāva)
• Slovak: Spojené štáty m pl
• Slovene: Združene države m pl
• Spanish: Estados Unidos (es) m pl, EE. UU. (es)
• Swedish: USA (sv), Förenta staterna (sv) n
• Thai: สหรัฐอเมริกา (th) (sà-hà-rát-à-mee-rí-gaa), สหรัฐฯ (th) (sà-hà-rát), อเมริกา (à-mee-rí-gaa)
• Turkish: Birleşik Devletler
• Ukrainian: Сполу́чені Шта́ти m pl (Spolúčeni Štáty), ЗША m pl (ZŠA), Аме́рика f (Améryka)
• Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ (vi), nước Mỹ, Mỹ Quốc
• Welsh: Unol Daleithiau (cy) f pl
• Yiddish: פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן‎ pl (fareynikte shtatn)
• Yup'ik: United States

See also

• Appendix:Place names in United States

References

• Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)

Further reading

• United States on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• United States on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• United States on Wikinews.Wikinews
• United States on Wikiquote.Wikiquote