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United States
[ yoo-nahy-tid steyts ]
noun
- Official_name United States of America. a federal republic in the northern Western Hemisphere comprising 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the North Pacific, and in some contexts considered along with its five inhabited island territories ( Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, North Mariana Islands, American Samoa ). Conterminous United States, 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,465 square kilometers); with Alaska and Hawaii, 3,796,742 square miles (9,833,517 square kilometers); all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the island territories, 3,805,927 square miles (9,857,306 square kilometers) : Washington, D.C. : U.S., US
Other Words From
- anti–U·nit·ed States adjective
- pro–U·nit·ed States adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of United States1
Example Sentences
It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
There is a particular focus in the magazine on attacking the United States, which al Qaeda calls a top target.
The United States government might not release that information for years, if ever.
While this deferred action is controversial in the United States, in Mexico, what Obama did is universally popular.
Most coup members “lived in the diaspora in the United States and Germany,” Faal said.
You might do for the United States what your English great-grandfather helped to do for this country in 1832.
There are nine of these courts, one for each circuit into which the United States is divided.
A special assistant of the United States marshal was killed, but the object of the riot was not effected.
A citizen of the United States who resides in a state owes a double allegiance, and can demand protection from each government.
Asbestos rope and cloth are now largely manufactured and used for this purpose in the United States with very beneficial results.
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