Usania

English

Etymology

USA + -an + -ia, parallel to Araucania, etc.; or a backformation from Usanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌjuː.ˈseɪ.ni.ə/

Proper noun

Usania

1. (nonstandard) The United States of America.
   • 1971, Norman Ward, “Where But in Usania”, in John Harold Redekop, editor, The star-spangled beaver, page 3:

     Where but in Usania would a state delegation appear at a national convention pledged to support a man known to be ineligible for election?

   • 2007, Robin D. Gill, The Woman Without a Hole—& Other Risky Themes from Old Japanese Poems, page 211:

     Burton, writing at a time when homophobia was as common in much of Europe as it remains in parts of the peculiarly Puritan Usania, felt he could not end his defense on a general note.

Synonyms

• USA, Usonia

Related terms

• Usanian

Anagrams

• USAian