USA
See also: Appendix:Variations of "usa"
Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from English USA (“United States of America”).
Symbol
USA
References
Further reading
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /juː ɛs ˈeɪ/
- (General American) enPR: yo͞o' ĕs' āʹ, IPA(key): /ˌju ˌɛs ˈeɪ/
Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -eɪ
Proper noun
USA or the USA
- Initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America.
- (US, military) Initialism of United States Army.
- The Defense Distinguished Service Medal was awarded to GEN Martin Dempsey, USA.
- (nonstandard) Initialism of Union of South Africa.
- (Malaysian politics) Initialism of United Sabah Alliance.
Synonyms
(United States of America):
Coordinate terms
(United States Army):
- Continental Army
- USAF (“United States Air Force”)
- USN (“United States Navy”)
- USMC (“United States Marine Corps”)
Derived terms
(United States Army):
Descendants
(United States of America):
Translations
abbreviation of the United States of America
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See also
Noun
USA (plural USAs)
- Abbreviation of United States Attorney.
Derived terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈuːˌæsˌɑː/, [ˈuːˌæs̠ˌɑ̝ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈuːˌesˌɑː/, [ˈuːˌe̞s̠ˌɑ̝ː]
- IPA(key): /ˈusɑ/, [ˈus̠ɑ̝] (colloquial)
- Rhymes: -ɑː
Proper noun
USA (informal)
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Alternative forms
- VSA (archaic)
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌuː.ɛsˈaː/, [ˌʔuː.ɛsˈʔaː], (formal) [ˌʔuː.ʔɛsˈʔaː]
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
die USA pl (proper noun, plural only, usually definite)
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
- Synonyms: Vereinigte Staaten, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Amerika, US-Amerika
Usage notes
- The word may at times be construed as a feminine singular. Though considered nonstandard in all contexts, it is somewhat current in the nominative and accusative cases (e.g. die USA hat for die USA haben). It is more ungrammatical in the dative case after prepositions (thus very rarely in der USA for in den USA).
Declension
Declension of USA [pl-only]
Derived terms
Further reading
- “USA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Etymology
From English USA, an initialism of United States of America.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈuʃɒ]
- Rhymes: -ʃɒ
Proper noun
USA
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
- Synonyms: Amerikai Egyesült Államok, AEÁ, Egyesült Államok
Declension
| 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 | — |
| 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
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English USA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈu.za/
- Rhymes: -uza
- IPA(key): /ju.esˈsej/, /ju.esˈsɛj/
- Rhymes: -ej, -ɛj
Proper noun
USA m pl (plural only)
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
- Synonyms: America, Stati Uniti
Japanese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA • (Yū-Esu-Ē)
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
See also
- 米国 (Beikoku)
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
USA
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
Synonyms
- Amerikas forente stater (full name)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʉːsaː/
Proper noun
USA
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
Synonyms
- Dei amerikanske Sambandsstatane (full name)
Related terms
- amerikanar
- amerikansk
- USA-amerikanar
- USA-amerikansk
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English USA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u.ɛsˈa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -a
- Syllabification: U‧S‧A
Proper noun
USA pl
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
- Synonyms: Stany Zjednoczone, Stany, Ameryka
Further reading
- USA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- USA in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʉːɛˌsɑː/, /ʉːɛˈsɑː/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
USA n (genitive USA:s)
- initialism of the United States of America: a country in North America: USA
- Synonyms: Amerikas förenta stater, Förenta staterna, Staterna, (sometimes proscribed) Amerika, (humorous) Amerikat