США

Russian

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [sɛ ʂɛ ˈa] (phonetic respelling: сэ-ше-а́)
• (colloquial) IPA^(key): [sʂa]

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Proper noun

США • (SŠA) m inan pl (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Соединённые Шта́ты Аме́рики (Sojedinjónnyje Štáty Amériki): U.S.A. (United States of America)

Usage notes

• The traditional pronunciation uses the colloquial pronunciation of the letters С (S) and Ш (Š), /sɛ/ and /ʂɛ/, rather than their traditional literary pronunciations /ɛs/ and /ʂa/.