USA

See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"

Translingual

Symbol

USA

1. (international standards) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for the United States.

   Synonym: US (alpha-2)

English

Alternative forms

• U.S.A., U. S. A.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /juː ɛs ˈeɪ/
• (General American) enPR: yo͞o' ĕs' āʹ, IPA^(key): /ˌju ˌɛs ˈeɪ/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

(the) USA

1. (colloquial) Initialism of United States of America.
2. (US, military) Initialism of United States Army.

   The Defense Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to GEN Martin Dempsey, USA.

3. (nonstandard) Initialism of Union of South Africa.

Synonyms

(United States of America):

• Usania, Usonia
• US
• U.S. of A., US of A

Coordinate terms

(United States Army):

• Continental Army
• USAF (“United States Air Force”)
• USN (“United States Navy”)
• USMC (“United States Marine Corps”)

Derived terms

• Usanian

(United States Army):

• USAAC
• USAAF

Descendants

(United States of America):

• → German: USA
• → Ido: Usa

Translations

United States of America

• Afrikaans: VSA (af) pl, USA pl
• Albanian: SHBA (sq) pl
• Arabic: َالْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (ar) f pl (al-wilayāt al-muttaḥida l-amrīkiyya), أَمْرِيكَا (ar) f (ʔamrīkā)
• Armenian: ԱՄՆ (hy) (AMN)
• Azerbaijani: ABŞ (az)
• Bashkir: АҠШ (AQŞ)
• Belarusian: ЗША m pl (ZŠA), Аме́рыка f (Amjéryka)
• Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (bn) (juktoraśṭro), আমেরিকা (bn) (amerika)
• Bulgarian: САЩ m pl (SAŠt), Аме́рика f (Amérika)
• Burmese: အမေရိက (a.meri.ka.)
• Catalan: EUA (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國／美国 (yue) (mei⁵ gwok³)

  Dungan: Мыйгуй (Mɨyguy), Мыйгуә (Mɨyguə)

  Mandarin: 美國／美国 (zh) (Měiguó), 美- (zh) (Měi-) (as a component)

• Corsican: SUA m pl
• Czech: SSA pl, USA (cs) pl
• Danish: USA (da)
• Dutch: VS (nl) pl, VSA (nl) pl (rare)
• Esperanto: Usono (eo)
• Estonian: USA (et)
• Finnish: USA (fi)
• French: ÉUA m pl, É.-U. (fr) m pl, USA (fr) m pl
• Georgian: აშშ (ka) (ašš)
• German: USA (de) pl
• Greek: ΗΠΑ (el) f pl (IPA)
• Green Hmong: Miv, Miv Teb, Koom Sab Teb, KTA, KT
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: ארה״ב ('arhá"v), אָמֶרִיקָה (he) f (amérika)
• Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) m (amerikā), संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका (sañyukt rājya amrīkā), संयुक्त राष्ट्र अमरीका (sañyukt rāṣṭra amrīkā)
• Hungarian: USA (hu), AEÁ (hu)
• Icelandic: BNA (is) f pl
• Ido: Usa (io)
• Ingrian: AYŠ, SŠA
• Irish: SAM
• Italian: SUA m pl, USA (it) m pl
• Japanese: アメリカ (ja) (Amerika), USA (ja) (Yū Esu Ē), 米国 (ja) (べいこく, Beikoku), 米 (ja) (べい, Bei) (as a component), ユー・エス・エー (Yū-Esu-Ē)
• Kazakh: АҚШ (kk) (AQŞ)
• Khmer: អាមេរិក (ʼaameirɨk), ស.រ.អ. (sɑɑrɔɔʼɑɑ)
• Korean: 미국(美國) (ko) (Miguk), 미합중국(美合衆國) (Mihapjungguk), 아메리카 (ko) (Amerika), 미(美) (ko) (Mi) (as a component)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: AY, Ameriqayê Yekbûyî

• Kyrgyz: АКШ (AKŞ)
• Lao: ອາເມລິກາ (ʼā mē li kā), ອະເມລິກາ (ʼa mē li kā)
• Latvian: ASV f pl
• Lithuanian: JAV (lt)
• Macedonian: САД (mk) f pl (SAD), Аме́рика (mk) f (Amérika)
• Malay: AS (ms)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: АНУ (ANU), Америк (Amerik)

• Navajo: WBA, W.B.A.
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: USA (no), Sambandsstatene

  Nynorsk: USA (nn), Sambandsstatane

• Occitan: EUA m pl
• Persian: ایالات متحده (fa) (ayâlât-e motahede), اتازونی (fa) (etâzuni), آمریکا (fa) (âmrikâ), امریکا (fa) (emrikâ)
• Polish: USA (pl) pl
• Portuguese: EUA (pt) m pl, E.U.A. (pt) m pl
• Romanian: SUA (ro) f pl
• Russian: США (ru) m pl (SŠA), Аме́рика (ru) f (Amérika)
• Samogitian: JAV
• Sardinian: IUA m pl
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: САД f pl, Амѐрика f

  Roman: SAD f pl, Amèrika (sh) f

• Slovak: USA (sk) pl
• Slovene: ZDA (sl) f pl
• Spanish: EE. UU. (es) m pl, EUA (es) m pl, EU (es) m pl
• Swedish: USA (sv) n
• Tajik: ИМА (IMA), Амрико (tg) (Amriko)
• Tatar: АКШ (AQŞ)
• Thai: สหรัฐ (th) (sà-hà-rát), อเมริกา (th) (à-mee-rí-gaa)
• Turkish: ABD (tr), Amerika (tr)
• Turkmen: ABŞ
• Ukrainian: США (uk) m pl (SŠA), Аме́рика f (Améryka)
• Uzbek: AQSh
• Vietnamese: Mỹ (vi), Hoa Kỳ (vi) (花旗)
• Volapük: TPM, Lamerikän (vo)
• West Frisian: FSA pl
• White Hmong: Miv, Miv Teb, Koom Siab Teb, KTA, KT
• Yiddish: אַמעריקע n (amerike), פֿש״אַ (fsh"a)

See also

• US

Noun

USA (plural USAs)

1. Abbreviation of United States Attorney.

Derived terms

• AUSA

Anagrams

• A.U.'s, ASU, AUs, Asu, Aus, SAU, Sua, UAS, UAs, a.u.s

Finnish

Etymology

English USA

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈuːˌæsˌɑː/, [ˈuːˌæs̠ˌɑ̝ː]

Proper noun

USA (informal)

1. USA (a country in North America)

Synonyms

• Amerikan yhdysvallat
• Amerikka
• Yhdysvallat

Derived terms

• usalainen

 

Anagrams

• asu, sua

German

Alternative forms

• VSA (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from English USA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌuː.ɛsˈaː/, [ˌʔuː.ɛsˈʔaː], (formal) [ˌʔuː.ʔɛsˈʔaː]

• Audio

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Proper noun

die USA pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)

1. USA (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Amerika, US-Amerika

Usage notes

• The word may at times be construed as a feminine singular. Though considered nonstandard in all contexts, it is somewhat current in the nominative and accusative cases (e.g. die USA hat for die USA haben). It is more ungrammatical in the dative case after prepositions (thus very rarely in der USA for in den USA).

Declension

Declension of USA [pl-only]

	plural
	def.	noun
nominative	die	USA
genitive	der	USA
dative	den	USA
accusative	die	USA

Further reading

• “USA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Hungarian

Etymology

From English USA, an initialism of United States of America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuʃɒ]
• Rhymes: -ʃɒ

Proper noun

USA

1. USA (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: Amerikai Egyesült Államok, AEÁ, Egyesült Államok

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	USA	—
accusative	USA-t	—
dative	USA-nak	—
instrumental	USA-val	—
causal-final	USA-ért	—
translative	USA-vá	—
terminative	USA-ig	—
essive-formal	USA-ként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	USA-ban	—
superessive	USA-n	—
adessive	USA-nál	—
illative	USA-ba	—
sublative	USA-ra	—
allative	USA-hoz	—
elative	USA-ból	—
delative	USA-ról	—
ablative	USA-tól	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	USA-é	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	USA-éi	—

Possessive forms of USA
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	USA-m	—
2nd person sing.	USA-d	—
3rd person sing.	USA-ja	—
1st person plural	USA-nk	—
2nd person plural	USA-tok	—
3rd person plural	USA-juk	—

Derived terms

• USA-beli

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English USA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈu.za/
  • Rhymes: -uza
• IPA^(key): /ju.esˈsej/, /ju.esˈsɛj/
  • Rhymes: -ej, -ɛj

Proper noun

USA m pl (plural only)

1. USA (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: America, Stati Uniti

Japanese

Pronunciation

• (Tokyo) ユーエスエー [yùú ésú éé] (Heiban – [0])
• IPA^(key): [jɯ̟ᵝː e̞sɨᵝ e̞ː]

Proper noun

USA(ユーエスエー) • (Yū-Esu-Ē) 

1. USA (a country in North America)

See also

• 米(べい)国(こく) (Beikoku)

Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

USA

1. USA (a country in North America)

Synonyms

• Amerikas forente stater (full name)

Related terms

• amerikaner
• amerikansk
• USA-amerikaner
• USA-amerikansk

Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

USA

1. USA (a country in North America)

Synonyms

• Dei amerikanske Sambandsstatane (full name)

Related terms

• amerikanar
• amerikansk
• USA-amerikanar
• USA-amerikansk

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.ɛsˈa/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɛsa
• Syllabification: U‧S‧A

Proper noun

USA pl

1. USA (a country in North America)

   Synonym: Stany Zjednoczone

Further reading

• USA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• USA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʉːɛˌsɑː/, /ʉːɛˈsɑː/

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

USA n (genitive USA:s)

1. USA (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: Amerikas förenta stater, Förenta staterna, Staterna, (sometimes proscribed) Amerika, (humorous) Amerikat