Usono
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[edit] Esperanto
[edit] Etymology
Ultimately from U-S-O-N-A "United States of North America". See Usonia for more.
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Usono was reported in English-language media as early as 1907. The term Usonia (see) was debated in US American newspapers as early as 1903, and Usona (see) was proposed in Canada as early as 1885.
Zamenhof used this name in his speech at the 1910 World Congress of Esperanto in Washington, D.C. The online Esperanto dictionary Reta Vortaro attributes the word to Frank Lloyd Wright.[1] However, there are no indications Wright knew the word this early:
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[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /uˈsono/
[edit] Proper noun
Usono (accusative singular Usonon)
- The United States of America
- 1907, August, “The Usonians—You Are One. And T. Roosevelt is the Usonestro—The United States in Esperanto”, In The Gateway, vol. IX, no. 1, page 25:
- Usono is the new Esperanto word for this country. Though it is new in Esperanto, […] it was proposed here some years ago, […] The Canadian Esperantists are more tickled over this word than any one else.
- 1908, August, “Filipina Esperantisto”, page 13 of vol II, no 1(13):
- Usona submarŝipo “Shark” enakviganta en la golfeto de Manila, F. I., apud Cavite, la 9an de Julio, 1908a, de la flanko de la Usona vaporŝipo “Caesar” kiu ĝin alportis de Usono.
- 1907, August, “The Usonians—You Are One. And T. Roosevelt is the Usonestro—The United States in Esperanto”, In The Gateway, vol. IX, no. 1, page 25:
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[edit] See also
- Ameriko (The continent of [North and South] America)

