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==English==
{{wikipedia}}
{{etymon|en|id=United States of America|from|en>united>joined together|en>state>polity}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|en|/juːˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/|/jʊˌnaɪtɨd ˈsteɪts/|a=RP}}
* {{enPR|yo͞o-nī'tĭd stātsʹ|a=GA}}, {{IPA|en|/juˌnaɪtɪ̈d ˈsteɪts/|[juˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts]|[jɪ̈-]}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-United States.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|eɪts|s=4}}
* {{hyph|en|Unit|ed States}}

===Proper noun===
{{en-prop|head=[[united|United]] [[states|States]]|def=1}}

# {{senseid|en|Q30}} {{lb|en|in the singular, formerly also plural}} {{ellipsis of|en|United States of America}}
#* '''1793''' December 3, {{w|George Washington}}, [[s:George_Washington's_Fifth_State_of_the_Union_Address|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.
#* {{quote-book
|en
|year=1964
|author=w:John F. Kennedy
|chapter=The Immigrant Contribution
|title=w:A Nation of Immigrants
|url=https://archive.org/details/nationofimmigran0000kenn/
|edition=Revised and Enlarged
|publisher=w:Harper & Row
|LCCN=64-7830
|OCLC=899031989
|page=64
|pageurl=https://archive.org/details/nationofimmigran0000kenn/page/64/
|text=As we have seen, people migrated to the '''United States''' for a variety of reasons. But nearly all shared two great hopes: the hope for personal freedom and the hope for economic opportunity.}}
#* {{quote-av
|en
|year=1965
|author=w:Harry S. Truman
|title=MP2002-401 Former President Truman Discusses "The Buck Stops Here"
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202073514/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrzHjL4Goo
|archivedate=02 February 2021
|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDrzHjL4Goo
|publisher=w:Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum
|id=National Archives Identifier: [https://catalog.archives.gov/id/595162 595162]
|time=0:26
|text=I used to have a sign on my desk that said, "The Buck Stops Here." The buck stops at the president's desk when he's president of the '''United States''', and he either makes the decisions or he lets them go by default, and you can't afford to do that when you're president.}}
#* {{quote-journal
|en
|date=April 29, 2012
|author=Nathan Rabin
|title=TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)
|url=http://www.avclub.com/articles/treehouse-of-horror-iii,72723/
|page=
|passage=“King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the '''United States''', where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.}}
# {{lb|en|in the plural}} The collection of individual [[state]]s of the [[United States of America]].
#: {{collocation|en|life in these '''United States'''}}<!--https://www.google.com/search?tbo=p&tbm=bks&q=%22life+in+these+United+States%22&tbs=,cdr:1,cd_min:Jan+1_2+1800,cd_max:Dec+31_2+1950&num=100-->
#: {{ux|en|The Judicial power of the '''United States''' shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the '''United States''' by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State. ({{w|Eleventh Amendment to the United States Constitution}}, 1794)}}
#* '''1781''', January 10, {{w|Samuel Huntington (Connecticut politician)|Samuel Huntington}}, letter to {{w|John Adams}}:<sup>[https://books.google.com/books?id=jkNHAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA229&dq=%22these+United+States%22&hl=en]</sup>
#*: 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'''.
#* {{quote-journal |en |date=1955-02 |author=William K. Goodspeed, William B. Buckingham, Oliver N. Evans |title=The unsuitable enlisted seaman |journal=United States Armed Forces Medical Journal |volume=6 |issue=2 |page=244 |url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/United_States_Armed_Forces_Medical_Journ/WUx4aZqxa1cC?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PA244&printsec=frontcover |passage=A tour of military duty has become an accepted part of life in these '''United States''' for physically and mentally fit young men. Existing regulations clearly outline the minimum physical standards, and mental standards are based on the Armed Forces Qualification Test (AFQT) which is a good objective measurement of ability to learn. There remains a significant group of men who meet these minimum physical and mental standards, and who enlist or are inducted into the armed services, but who are found to be unsuitable for service and shortly after entry are discharged.}}
# {{senseid|en|any of various federal unions}} {{lb|en|nation's name}} Federal nation consisting of several states, actual, historical or hypothetical.
#: {{ux|en|the Republic of the '''United States''' of Brazil (the First Brazilian Republic)}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''United States''' of Mexico (the United Mexican States)}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''United States''' of Europe}}
#: {{ux|en|the '''United States''' of the Ionian Islands}}

====Usage notes====
* During the first few decades after independence authors commonly treated {{m|en||United States}} as a plural noun, but in contemporary English it is always singular.

====Meronyms====
* {{list:states of the United States/en}}

====Coordinate terms====
* {{list:countries of North America/en}}{{topics|en|Countries in North America}}

====Derived terms====
{{col3|en|
|Jewnited Snakes
|Jewnited States
|[[United Statian]], [[U.S. American]], [[United Statesian]]
|United Mexican States
|Excited States
}}

====Translations====
{{trans-top-also|the United States|USA}}
* Albanian: {{t|sq|Shtete e Bashkuara|m-p}} {{qualifier|indefinite}}, {{t+|sq|Shtetet e Bashkuara|m-p}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Amharic: {{t|am|የተባበሩት ግዛቶች}}
* Antillean Creole: {{t|gcf|Étazini|m-p}}
* Arabic: {{t+|ar|الْوِلَايَاتُ الْمُتَّحِدَة|f-p}} {{qualifier|definite}}, {{t+|ar|أَمْرِيكَا|f}}, {{t|ar|أَمِيرِكَا|f|tr=ʔamērikā}}, {{t+|ar|أَمْرِيكَة|f}}
* Aramaic:
*: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: {{t|aii|ܐܘܼܚܕܵܢܹ̈ܐ ܡܚܲܝ̈ܕ݂ܹܐ|m-p}}, {{t|aii|ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ|f}}
* Armenian: {{t|hy|Միացյալ Նահանգներ}}, {{t+|hy|Ամերիկա}}
* Asturian: {{t+|ast|Estaos Uníos|m-p}}
* Azerbaijani: {{t+|az|Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları}}, {{t+|az|Amerika}}, {{t|az|Birləşmiş Ştatlar|p}}
* Basque: {{t|eu|Ameriketako Estatu Batuak}}
* Belarusian: {{t|be|Злу́чаныя Шта́ты|m-p}}, {{t|be|ЗША|m-p}}, {{t|be|Аме́рыка|f}}
* Bengali: {{t+|bn|যুক্তরাষ্ট্র}}, {{t+|bn|আমেরিকা}}
* Breton: {{t+|br|Stadoù-Unanet|f-p}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|Съедине́ни ща́ти|m-p}} {{qualifier|indefinite}}, {{t|bg|Съедине́ните ща́ти|m-p}} {{qualifier|definite}}, {{t|bg|Аме́рика|f}}
* Burmese: {{t|my|အမေရိကန်ပြည်ထောင်စု}}, {{t|my|အမေရိက}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|Estats Units|m-p}}
* Chamorro: {{t|ch|Estados Unidos}}
* Cherokee: {{t|chr|ᏌᏊᎢᏳᎾᎵᏍᏔᏅᏍᎦᏚᎩ|p}}, {{t|chr|ᎠᎹᏰᏟ}}
* Chinese:
*: Cantonese: {{t|yue|美利堅合眾國}}, {{t+|yue|美國}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|美利堅合眾國}}, {{t+|cmn|合眾國|tr=Hézhòngguó}}, {{t+|cmn|美國}}
* Corsican: {{t|co|Stati Uniti|m-p}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|Spojené státy|m-p}}
* Danish: {{t|da|Forenede Stater|c-p}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|Verenigde Staten|m-p}}
* Dzongkha: {{t|dz|ཨ་མི་རི་ཀ}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|Usono|s}}, {{t|eo|Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj Amerikaj|p}} {{qualifier|formal}}, {{t+|eo|Unuiĝintaj Ŝtatoj de Ameriko|p}} {{qualifier|formal}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|Ühendriigid|p}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|Yhdysvallat|p}}
* French: {{t+|fr|États-Unis|m-p}}
* Galician: {{t+|gl|Estados Unidos|m-p}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|შეერთებული შტატები}}, {{t+|ka|აშშ}}, {{t|ka|ამერიკა}}
* German: {{t+|de|Vereinigte Staaten|p}}, {{t+|de|Amerika|n}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες|f-p}}
*: Ancient Greek: {{t|grc|Ἡνωμέναι Πολιτεῖαι|p}}
* Green Hmong: {{t|hnj|Miv Teb}}, {{t|hnj|Koom Sab Teb}} {{qualifier|formal}}, {{t|hnj|Amelika}}
* Guianese Creole: {{t|gcr|Étazini|m-p}}
* Haitian Creole: {{t|ht|Etazini}}, {{qualifier|to/in the US}} {{t|ht|Ozetazini}}
* Hebrew: {{t+|he|אַרְצוֹת הַבְּרִית|f-p|tr=artsot ha-brit}}
* Hindi: {{t+|hi|अमेरिका|m}}, {{t+|hi|संयुक्त राज्य|m-p}}
* Hungarian: {{t+|hu|Egyesült Államok}}
* Icelandic: {{t+|is|Bandaríkin|n-p}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|Amerika Serikat}}, {{t+|id|Amerika}}
* Interlingua: {{t+|ia|Statos Unite}}
* Inupiaq: {{t|ik|Tannapta nunaŋat}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|Stáit Aontaithe|m-p}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|Stati Uniti|m-p}}
* Jamaican Creole: {{t|jam|Yunaitid Stiet|p}}, {{t|jam|Yunaitid Stiets|p}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|合衆国|tr=がっしゅうこく, Gasshūkoku}}, {{t+|ja|アメリカ合衆国|tr=アメリカがっしゅうこく, Amerika Gasshūkoku}}, {{t+|ja|米国|tr=べいこく, Beikoku}}, {{t+|ja|アメリカ|tr=Amerika}}, {{t+|ja|米|tr=べい, Bei}} {{qualifier|as a component}}
* Jarai: {{t|jra|čar Mi}}
* Kabyle: {{t|kab|Iwunak Yeddukklen}}
* Kazakh: {{t+|kk|Құрама Штаттар|p}}
* Khmer: {{t+|km|សហរដ្ឋអាមេរិក}}, {{t|km|សហរដ្ឋ}}
* Korean: {{t+|ko|^미국(美國)}}, {{t+|ko|^아메리카}}, {{t+|ko|^미합중국(美合衆國)}}, {{t+|ko|^미(美)}} {{qualifier|as a component}}
* Kurdish:
*: Northern Kurdish: {{t|kmr|Ameriqayê Yekbûyî}}
* Kyrgyz: {{t|ky|Кошмо Штаттар|p}}
* Lakota: {{t|lkt|Mílahaŋska Tȟamákȟočhe|lit=land of the long knives}}
* Lao: {{t|lo|ສະຫະລັດອະເມລິກາ}}, {{t|lo|ອະເມລິກາ}}, {{t|lo|ອາເມລິກາ}}
* Latin: {{t|la|Civitates Foederatae Americae|f-p}}, {{t|la|Civitates Foederatae|f-p}}
* Latvian: {{t|lv|Savienotās Valstis|f-p}}
* Lithuanian: {{t|lt|Jungtinės Valstijos|m-p}}
* Louisiana Creole: {{t|lou|Létazini}}
* Macedonian: {{t|mk|Соединети Држави|f-p}}
* Malay: {{t+|ms|Amerika Syarikat}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|Hononga-o-Amerika}}
* Mohawk: {{t|moh|Wahstonhronòn:ke}}
* Mongolian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t+|mn|Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс}}, {{t|mn|Америк}}
* Navajo: {{t|nv|Wááshindoon bikéyah ałhidadiidzooígíí}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|Êtats Unnis|m-p}}
* Norwegian:
*: Bokmål: {{t|nb|De forente stater|m-p}} {{qualifier|definite}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|Sambandsstatane|m-p}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|Estats Units|m-p}}
* Odia: {{t+|or|ଯୁକ୍ତରାଜ୍ୟ}}
* Persian:
*: Iranian Persian: {{t+|fa-ira|اِیالاتِ مُتَّحِدِه}}, {{t+|fa-ira|اِتازونی}} {{qualifier|dated}}, {{t+|fa-ira|آمْریکا}}
* Picard: {{t|pcd|Étots-Unnis|m-p}}, {{t|pcd|Étots-Unis|m-p}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|Stany Zjednoczone|m-in-p}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|Estados Unidos|m-p}}
* Quechua: {{t|qu|Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna}}
* Romanian: {{t|ro|Statele Unite|f-p}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Russian: {{t|ru|Соединённые Шта́ты|m-p}}, {{t+|ru|Аме́рика|f}}
* Sanskrit: {{t|sa|संयुक्तराज्यानि}}
* Sardinian: {{t|sc|Istados Unidos|m-p}}
* Scots: {{t|sco|Unitit States|p}}
* Serbo-Croatian:
*: Cyrillic: {{t|sh|Сјѐдӣњене̄ Амѐричке̄ Др̀жаве|f-p}}, {{t|sh|Амѐрика|f}}, {{t|sh|САД|f-p}}
*: Roman: {{t+|sh|Sjèdīnjenē Amèričkē Dr̀žave|f-p}}, {{t+|sh|Amèrika}}, {{t|sh|SAD|f-p}}
* Sicilian: {{t|scn|Stati Uniti|m-p}}
* Sinhalese: {{t+|si|ඇමරිකාව}}, {{t|si|එක්සත් ජනපදය}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|Spojené štáty|m-p}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|Združene države|m-p}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|Estados Unidos|m-p}}
* Sranan Tongo: {{t|srn|Amerkankondre}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|Förenta staterna|n}} {{qualifier|definite}}
* Tagalog: {{t+|tl|Estados Unidos}}, {{t+|tl|Amerika}}
* Tajik: {{t+|tg|Иёлоти Муттаҳида}}
* Tatar: {{t|tt|Кушма Штатлар|p}}
* Telugu: {{t+|te|సంయుక్త రాష్ట్రాలు}}
* Thai: {{t+|th|สหรัฐอเมริกา}}, {{t+|th|สหรัฐฯ}}, {{t+|th|อเมริกา}}
* Tigrinya: {{t|ti|ሕቡራት መንግስታት}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|Birleşik Devletler}}
* Turkmen: {{t|tk|Birleşen Ştatlar|p}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|Сполу́чені Шта́ти|m-p}}, {{t|uk|Аме́рика|f}}
* Urdu: {{t|ur|رِیاسَت ہائے مُتَّحِدَہ|f-p}}, {{t|ur|اَمْرِیکَہ|m}}, {{t|ur|اَمْرِیکا|m}}
* Uyghur: {{t|ug|قوشما شتاتلىر|p}}
* Uzbek: {{t|uz|Qoʻshma Shtatlar|p}}
* Vietnamese: {{t+|vi|Hoa Kỳ}}, {{t+|vi|nước Mỹ}}, {{t|vi|Mỹ Quốc}}
* Welsh: {{t+|cy|Unol Daleithiau|f-p}}
* West Frisian: {{t|fy|Feriene Steaten|n-p}}
* White Hmong: {{t|mww|Miv Teb}}, {{t|mww|Koom Siab Teb}} {{qualifier|formal}}, {{t|mww|Amelika}}
* Yiddish: {{t|yi|פֿאַראייניקטע שטאַטן|p}}
* Yup'ik: {{t|esu|United States}}
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