English

Proper noun

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.

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

Derived terms

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

Translations

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)

See also

• Appendix:Place names in United States