USA

See also: usa, Usa, U.S.A., ușă, ūsa, and ūsā

Translingual

Symbol

USA

1. The ISO 3166-1 three-letter (alpha-3) code for the United States of America.

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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/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

USA

1. (colloquial) Initialism of United States of America.
2. (US, military, slang) Initialism of United States Army.
3. Initialism of Union of South Africa.

Synonyms

(United States of America):

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

(United States Army):

• United States Army
• Army

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

Translations

United States of America

• Afrikaans: VSA (af), USA
• Albanian: SHBA (sq) pl
• Arabic: َالْوِلَايَات اَلْمُتَّحِدَة الأمريكية‎ (ar) f pl (al-wilayāt al-muttaḥida l-amrīkiyya), أَمْرِيكَا‎ (ar) f (ʾamrīkā)
• Armenian: ԱՄՆ (hy) (AMN)
• Azerbaijani: ABŞ (az)
• Bashkir: АҠШ (AQŠ)
• Belarusian: ЗША m pl (ZŠA), Аме́рыка f (Amjéryka)
• Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (yuktôraṣṭrô), আমেরিকা (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 (mei⁵ gwok³)

  Dungan: Мыйгуй (Mьjguj), Мыйгуә (Mьjguə)

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

• Czech: USA (cs) pl
• Danish: USA (da)
• Dutch: VS (nl), VSA (nl) (rare)
• Estonian: USA (et)
• Finnish: USA (fi)
• French: ÉUA m pl
• Georgian: აშშ (ka) (ašš)
• German: USA (de) pl
• Greek: ΗΠΑ (el) f pl (IPA)
• Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
• Hebrew: ארה״ב‎ (arhab)
• Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) (amerikā)
• Hungarian: USA (hu), AEÁ (hu)
• Icelandic: BNA (is) f pl
• Ido: Usa (io)
• Irish: SAM
• Italian: U.S.A. m pl
• Japanese: アメリカ (ja) (Amerika), USA (ja) (Yū Esu Ē), 米国 (ja) (Beikoku), 米- (ja) (Bei-) (as a component), ユー・エス・エー (Yū Esu Ē)
• Kazakh: АҚШ (AQŞ)
• Khmer: អាមេរិក (ʾaameirɨk)
• Korean: 미국 (Miguk) (美國 (ko)), 아메리카 (Amerika)

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: AY, Ameriqayê Yekbûyî

• Kyrgyz: АКШ (AKŞ)
• Lao: ອາເມລິກາ (’ā mē li kā), ອະເມລິກາ (’a mē li kā)
• Latvian: ASV f pl
• Lithuanian: JAV (lt)
• Macedonian: САД (mk) f pl (SAD), Аме́рика (mk) f (Amérika)
• Malay: AS
• Mongolian: АНУ (ANU)
• Navajo: WBA, W.B.A.
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: USA (no)

  Nynorsk: USA (nn)

• Persian: ایالات متحده‎ (fa) (ayâlât-e motahideh), اتازونی‎ (fa) (etāzuni)
• 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
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: САД f pl, Америка f

  Roman: SAD f pl, Amerika (sh) f

• Slovak: USA (sk) pl
• Slovene: ZDA (sl) f pl
• Spanish: EE. UU. (es) m pl, EUA (es) m pl, EU m pl
• Swedish: USA (sv) n
• Tajik: ИМА (IMA)
• Tatar: АКШ (AQŞ)
• Thai: สหรัฐ (sà-hà-rát), อเมริกา (à-mee-rí-gaa)
• Turkish: ABD (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)
• Yiddish: אַמעריקע‎ (amerike)

See also

• US

Anagrams

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

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Finnish

Proper noun

USA

1. USA

Synonyms

• Amerikan yhdysvallat
• Amerikka
• Yhdysvallat

Anagrams

• asu, sua

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German

Proper noun

USA pl (genitive USA)

1. USA

Synonyms

• US-Amerika
• Vereinigte Staaten
• Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

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Hungarian

Etymology

Initialism of United States of America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈuʃɒ]

Proper noun

USA

1. USA

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	—

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	—

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Japanese

Proper noun

USA (katakana ユーエスエー, rōmaji Yū-Esu-Ē)

1. USA

See also

• 米国 (べいこく) (Beikoku)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Proper noun

USA

1. USA

Synonyms

• Amerikas forente stater (full name)

Related terms

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

USA

1. USA

Synonyms

• Dei amerikanske Sambandsstatane (full name)

Related terms

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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u ɛs ˈa/

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Initialism

USA pl

1. USA

Synonyms

• Stany Zjednoczone

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʉːɛˌsɑː/, /ʉːɛˈsɑː/

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Proper noun

USA n (genitive USA:s)

1. USA (United States of America)

Synonyms

• Amerikas förenta stater
• Förenta staterna
• Staterna