США

• IPA^(key): [sɛ ʂɛ ˈa] (phonetic respelling: сэ-ше-а́) (in careful speech)

• Audio:

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• IPA^(key): [sɨ ʂ(ɨ) ˈa] (phonetic respelling: сэ-ш(е)-а́) (in regular speech)
• IPA^(key): [sʂa] (colloquial)

• Audio:

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США • (SŠA) m inan pl (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Соединённые Шта́ты Аме́рики (Sojedinjónnyje Štáty Amériki) (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA

• The traditional pronunciation uses the colloquial pronunciation of the letters С (S) and Ш (Š), /sɛ/ and /ʂɛ/, rather than their traditional literary pronunciations /ɛs/ and /ʂa/.

• → Ingrian: SŠA

• се-ше-а́: IPA^(key): [sɛ ʃɛ ˈa]
• сша: IPA^(key): [sːʃa]

• Audio; “сша” (“sša”):

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США • (SŠA) m inan pl (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Сполу́чені Шта́ти Аме́рики (Spolúčeni Štáty Améryky) (= United States of America): a country in North America: USA