United States

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PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /juːˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts/, /jʊˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts/
• (US) IPA^(key): /juˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts/, [juˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts], [jɪ̈ˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts]

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Proper nounEdit

the United States

1. (in the singular) shortened form of United States of America
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2. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
3. (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 US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility

4. (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.

SynonymsEdit

• Usania, Usonia, Usona (all nonstandard)

MeronymsEdit

• (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 termsEdit

• (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 ^{(Categories: en:Countries, en:Countries of North America)}

Derived termsEdit

• U.S. American, United Statesian

TranslationsEdit

The United States

• Arabic: الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَة f pl ‎(al-wilāyātu l-muttaḥida)
• Aramaic:

  Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܬܪܘܬܐ ܡܚܝܕܐ ܕܐܡܪܝܟܐ

• Armenian: Միացյալ Նահանգներ ‎(Miacʿyal Nahangner)
• Asturian: Estaos Uníos m pl
• Azeri: Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları (az)
• Basque: Ameriketako Estatu Batuak
• Belarusian: Злу́чаныя Шта́ты m pl ‎(Zlúčanyja Štáty), ЗША m pl ‎(ZŠA)
• Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র ‎(juktôrashţrô)
• Bulgarian: Съедине́ните ща́ти m pl ‎(Sǎedinénite štáti)
• 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 m pl
• Danish: USA (da), Amerikas Forenede Stater
• 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)
• German: USA (de) pl, Vereinigte Staaten (de) pl
• 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

• Inupiak: United States
• Irish: Stáit Aontaithe m pl
• Italian: Stati Uniti (it) m pl
• Japanese: 合衆国 ‎(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)
• Norman: Êtats Unnis m pl
• Khmer: សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក (km) ‎(saharoat aameirik), សហរដ្ឋ ‎(saharoat)
• Korean: 미국 ‎(Miguk) (美國 (ko)), 아메리카 ‎(Amerika)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Ameriqayê Yekbûyî

  Roman: mızır amerîkayê

• Latvian: Savienotās Valstis m pl
• Lithuanian: Jungtinės Valstijos m pl
• Macedonian: Соеди́нети Држа́ви f pl ‎(Soedíneti Držávi)
• Malay: Amerika Syarikat
• Navajo: Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: De forente stater m pl

• Persian: ایالات متحده (fa) ‎(eyâlât-e mottahede), اتازونی (fa) ‎(etâzuni) (dated)
• 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 m pl ‎(Sojedinjónnyje Štáty), США (ru) m pl ‎(SŠA)
• 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) ‎(sàhà rát àmayrígaa)
• Turkish: Birleşik Devletler
• Ukrainian: Сполу́чені Шта́ти m pl ‎(Spolúčeni Štáty), ЗША m pl ‎(ZŠA)
• Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ (vi), nước Mỹ, Mỹ Quốc
• Yup'ik: United States

ReferencesEdit

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

See alsoEdit

• Appendix:Place names in United States

External linksEdit

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