Russian

Noun

США • ‎(SŠA) m inan pl ‎(indeclinable)

1. initialism of Соединённые Шта́ты Аме́рики ‎(Sojedinjónnyje Štáty Amériki): U.S.A. (United States of America)

Usage notes

• The traditional pronunciation uses the colloquial pronunciation of the letters С ‎(S) and Ш ‎(Š), /sɛ/ and /ʂɛ/, rather than their traditional literary pronunciations /ɛs/ and /ʂa/.