United States of America
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: yo͞o-nīʹ-təd stātsʹ əv ə-mĕrʹ-ə-kə, IPA(key): /juˌnaɪtəd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹəkə/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə
- Hyphenation: Unit‧ed States of Amer‧i‧ca
Proper noun
- 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
Thesaurus:United States of America
- America
- U.S. America
- United States
- Burgerland (slang, derogatory)
- Yankee land (slang)
- arsenal of democracy (figurative, politics)
- land of the free (figurative)
Derived terms
Translations
a country in North America
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See also
- U.S. American, United Statesian, United Statesman
- Appendix:Countries of the world
Further reading
United States of America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
United States on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
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