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) Ellipsis of United States of America
   • 2012 April 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎^[1]:

     “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.

3. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
   • 1781, January 10, Samuel Huntington, letter to John Adams:^[2]

     Congress have no expectations from the influence which the people of England may have on the British counsels, whatever may be the disposition of that nation or their magistrates towards these United States.

4. (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States.
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.

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

• United Statian, 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 (ast) 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 (juktraśṭr), আমেরিকা (amerika)
• Breton: Stadoù-Unanet (br) pl
• 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
• Cherokee: ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (amayetli)
• 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)

• Corsican: Stati Uniti m pl
• 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
• Dzongkha: ཨ་མི་རི་ཀ (a mi ri ka)
• 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) n pl
• Indonesian: Amerika Serikat (id), Amerika (id)
• Interlingua: Statos Unite (ia)
• Inupiaq: Tannapta nunaŋat
• Irish: Stáit Aontaithe m pl
• Italian: Stati Uniti (it) m pl
• Japanese: 合衆国 (ja) (がっしゅうこく, Gasshūkoku), アメリカ合衆国 (ja) (アメリカがっしゅうこく, Amerika Gasshūkoku), 米国 (ja) (べいこく, Beikoku), アメリカ (ja) (Amerika), 米 (ja) (べい, Bei) (as a component)
• Jarai: čar Mi
• Khmer: សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក (km) (saʼhaʼrŏət ʼaameerɨk), សហរដ្ឋ (saʼhaʼrŏət)
• Korean: 미국(美國) (ko) (Miguk), 아메리카 (ko) (Amerika), 미합중국(美合衆國) (Mihapjungguk), 미(美) (ko) (Mi) (as a component)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Ameriqayê Yekbûyî

• Lakota: Mílahaŋska Tȟamákȟočhe (literally “land of the long knives”)
• Lao: ສະຫະລັດອະເມລິກາ (sa ha lat ʼa mē li kā), ອະເມລິກາ (ʼa mē li kā), ອາເມລິກາ (ʼā mē li kā)
• Latin: Civitates Foederatae Americae
• Latvian: Savienotās Valstis f pl
• Lithuanian: Jungtinės Valstijos m pl
• Macedonian: Соединети Држави f pl (Soedineti Državi)
• Malay: Amerika Syarikat (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс (mn) (Amerikiin Negdsen Uls), АНУ (ANU), Америк (Amerik)

• 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)
• Sanskrit: संयुक्तराज्यानि (saṃyuktarājyāni)
• Sardinian: Istados Unidos m pl
• Scots: Unitit States
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Сјѐдӣњене̄ Амѐричке̄ Др̀жаве f pl, Амѐрика f, САД f pl

  Roman: Sjèdīnjenē Amèričkē Dr̀žave (sh) f pl, Amèrika (sh), SAD f pl

• Sinhalese: ඇමරිකාව (æmarikāwa)
• Slovak: Spojené štáty m pl
• Slovene: Združene države m pl
• Spanish: Estados Unidos (es) m pl, EE. UU. (es)
• Swedish: USA (sv) n, Förenta staterna (sv) n
• Telugu: సంయుక్త రాష్ట్రాలు (te) (saṃyukta rāṣṭrālu)
• Thai: สหรัฐอเมริกา (th) (sà-hà-rát-à-mee-rí-gaa), สหรัฐฯ (th) (sà-hà-rát), อเมริกา (th) (à-mee-rí-gaa)
• Tigrinya: ሕቡራት መንግስታት (ḥəburat mängəstat)
• Turkish: Birleşik Devletler (tr)
• 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
• West Frisian: Feriene Steaten m pl
• Yiddish: פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן‎ pl (fareynikte shtatn)
• Yup'ik: 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