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-] Rhymes: -eɪts Hyphenation: Unit‧ed States === Proper noun === the United States (in the singular, formerly also plural) A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America. 1793 December 3, George Washington, Fifth State of the Union Address: As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations. For more quotations using this term, see Citations:United States. (by extension) The American federal government. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America. 1781, January 10, Samuel Huntington, letter to John Adams:[6] 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. (nation's name) A federal nation consisting of several states, whether actual, historical or hypothetical. ==== Usage notes ==== During the first few decades after independence authors commonly treated United States as a plural noun, but in contemporary English it is always singular. ==== Meronyms ==== ==== Coordinate terms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܡܚܘܝܕܐ (uḥdānē mḥūyḏē) (calque) → Chinese: 合眾國 / 合众国 (hézhòngguó) (calque) ⇒ Japanese: 合衆国 (Gasshūkoku) → Corsican: Stati Uniti (calque) → Dutch: Verenigde Staten (calque) → French: États-Unis (calque) Haitian Creole: Etazini ⇒ Louisiana Creole: Létazini → Persian: اتازونی (etâzuni) → German: Vereinigte Staaten (calque) → Greek: Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες (Inoménes Politeíes) (calque) → Irish: Stáit Aontaithe (calque) → Italian: Stati Uniti (calque) → Maltese: Istati Uniti → Polish: Stany Zjednoczone (calque) → Sardinian: Istados Unidos (calque) → Sinhalese: එක්සත් ජනපදය (eksat janapadaya) (calque) → Spanish: Estados Unidos (calque) → Tagalog: Estados Unidos → Urdu: ریاستہائے متحدہ (riyāsat’hā-e-muttahida) (calque) ==== Translations ==== ==== References ==== “United States”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “United States”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present. === Further reading === United States on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:United States on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons United States on Wikinews.Wikinews United States on Wikiquote.Wikiquote