США

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Russian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: сэ-ше-а́) (in careful speech)
  • Audio:(file)
  • IPA(key):  (phonetic respelling: сэ-ш(е)-а́) (in regular speech)
  • IPA(key): (colloquial)
  • Audio:(file)

Proper noun

США (SŠAm inan pl (indeclinable)

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

Usage notes

  • 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/.

Descendants

  • Ingrian: SŠA

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

  • се-ше-а́: IPA(key):
  • сша: IPA(key):
  • Audio; сша (sša):(file)

Proper noun

США (SŠAm inan pl (indeclinable)

  1. Initialism of Сполу́чені Шта́ти Аме́рики (Spolúčeni Štáty Améryky).: USA (a country in North America)