USA

See also: usa, Usa, U.S.A., 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/

• Audio (AU)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eɪ

Proper noun

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

Translations

United States of America

• Afrikaans: VSA (af), USA
• Albanian: SHBA (sq) pl
• Arabic: َالْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة‎ (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 (juktraśṭr), আমেরিকা (amerika)
• Bulgarian: САЩ m pl (SAŠt), Аме́рика f (Amérika)
• Burmese: အမေရိက (a.meri.ka.)
• Catalan: EUA (ca) m pl
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 美國 (yue), 美国 (yue) (mei⁵ gwok³)

  Dungan: Мыйгуй (Mɨyguy), Мыйгуә (Mɨyguə)

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

• Czech: SSA pl, USA (cs) pl
• Danish: USA (da)
• Dutch: VS (nl), VSA (nl) (rare)
• Esperanto: Usono (eo)
• Estonian: USA (et)
• Finnish: USA (fi)
• French: ÉUA m pl, É.-U. (fr) 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 ('arhá"v), אָמֶרִיקָה‎ (he) f (amérika)
• Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) m (amerikā), संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका (sãyukt rājya amrīkā), संयुक्त राष्ट्र अमरीका (sãyukt rāṣṭra amrīkā)
• 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) (べいこく, Beikoku), 米 (ja) (べい, Bei) (as a component), ユー・エス・エー (Yū-Esu-Ē)
• Kazakh: АҚШ (AQŞ)
• Khmer: អាមេរិក (ʼaameirɨk)
• 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 (AQŞ)
• 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
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: АНУ (ANU), Америк (Amerik)

• Navajo: WBA, W.B.A.
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: USA (no)

  Nynorsk: USA (nn)

• Occitan: EUA m pl
• Persian: ایالات متحده‎ (fa) (ayâlât-e motahideh), اتازونی‎ (fa) (etâzuni), آمریکا‎ (fa) (âmrikâ), امریکا‎‎ (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
• 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)
• 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

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Finnish

Proper noun

USA

1. USA (a country in North America)

Synonyms

• Amerikan yhdysvallat
• Amerikka
• Yhdysvallat

Anagrams

• asu, sua

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German

Etymology

Borrowed from English USA.

Pronunciation

• Audio

  (file)

Proper noun

USA pl (proper noun, plural only)

1. USA (a country in North America)

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

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

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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

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Japanese

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

U(ユー)S(エス)A(エー) • (Yū-Esu-Ē) 

1. USA (a country in North America)

See also

• 米(べい)国(こく) (Beikoku)

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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

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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

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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

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʉːɛˌsɑː/, /ʉːɛˈsɑː/

• audio

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Proper noun

USA n (genitive USA:s)

1. USA (a country in North America)

Synonyms

• Amerikas förenta stater
• Förenta staterna
• Staterna