United States of America

== English == === Etymology === First attested in 1776, see names of the United States. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /juːˌnaɪtɨd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹɨkə/ (General American, weak vowel merger) enPR: yo͞o-nīʹ-təd stātsʹ əv ə-mĕrʹ-ə-kə, IPA(key): /juˌnaɪtəd ˌsteɪts əv əˈmɛɹəkə/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə Hyphenation: U‧nit‧ed States of A‧mer‧i‧ca === Proper noun === the United States of America A country located primarily in North America, stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean and consisting of fifty states (including Alaska and Hawaii) and the District of Columbia, while asserting sovereignty over several territories. Capital: Washington, D.C.. Largest city: New York City. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:United States of America Mexico and Canada border the United States of America. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܘܚܕܢܐ ܡܚܘܝܕܐ ܕܐܡܝܪܝܟܐ (uḥdānē mḥūyḏē d-āmērīkā) (calque) → Bengali: মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (markin juktoraśṭro) (calque) → Chinese: 美利堅合眾國 / 美利坚合众国 (Měilìjiān hézhòngguó) (calque) → Dhivehi: ޔުނައިޓެޑް ސްޓޭޓްސް އޮފް އެމެރިކާ (yunaiṭeḍ sṭēṭs of emerikā) → Dutch: Verenigde Staten van Amerika (calque) → French: États-Unis d'Amérique (calque) → Green Hmong: Koom Sab Teb Amelika (calque) → Gujarati: સંયુકત રાજ્ય અમેરિકા (Sanyukat rājya amerikā) (calque) → Hindi: संयुक्त राष्ट्र अमरीका (sãyukt rāṣṭra amrīkā) (calque) → Indonesian: Amerika Serikat (calque) → Malay: اميريکا شريکت (Amerika Syarikat) (calque) → Kyrgyz: Америка Кошмо Штаттары (Amerika Koşmo Ştattarı) (calque) → Lao: ສະຫະລັດອະເມລິກາ (sa ha lat ʼa mē li kā) (calque) → Norwegian Bokmål: Amerikas forente stater (calque) → Portuguese: Estados Unidos da América (calque) ⇒ Samoan: Iunaite Sitete o Amerika → Sanskrit: अमेरिकायाः संयुक्तराज्यानि (amerikāyāḥ saṃyuktarājyāni) (calque) → Tamil: அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடு (amerikka aikkiya nāṭu) (calque) → White Hmong: Koom Siab Teb Amelika (calque) ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Further reading === United States of America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Category:United States on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons “United States of America”, in Collins English Dictionary. “United States of America”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. “United States of America”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. “United States of America”, in TheFreeDictionary.com, Huntingdon Valley, Pa.: Farlex, Inc., 2003–2026