United States of America

[yoo-nahy-tid steyts uhv uh-mer-i-kuh]

noun

1. official name of the United States. U.S.A., USA

United States of America

noun

1. Often shortened to: United States.  US.  USA. (functioning as singular or plural) a federal republic mainly in North America consisting of 50 states and the District of Columbia: colonized principally by the English and French in the 17th century, the native Indians being gradually defeated and displaced; 13 colonies under British rule made the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and became the United States after the War of American Independence. The northern states defeated the South in the Civil War (1861–65). It is the world's most productive industrial nation and also exports agricultural products. It consists generally of the Rocky Mountains in the west, the Great Plains in the centre, the Appalachians in the east, deserts in the southwest, and coastal lowlands and swamps in the southeast. Language: predominantly English; Spanish is also widely spoken. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: dollar. Capital: Washington, DC. Pop: 316 668 567 (2013 est). Area: 9 518 323 sq km (3 675 031 sq miles)

Word History and Origins

Origin of United States of America¹

First recorded in 1770–80

Example Sentences

"We'll bring the world to the United States of America," the Swiss said earlier this year.

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“To every terrorist thug smuggling poisonous drugs into the United States of America, please be warned that we will blow you out of existence,” he said in his address to the United Nations.

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If you focus on the positive, rather than the negative, you’ll have to agree that the United States of America is on top and still climbing.

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“We’ve got to win this thing for the sake of the 14 million people … in the United States of America, many of who’ve been playing by the rules” and suffering under immigration enforcement, he said.

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"No one understood or had the Heart of the Youth in the United States of America better than Charlie."

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