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Translingual
Etymology
Borrowed from English USA ( “ United States of America ” ) .
Symbol
USA
( international standards ) ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country code for the United States .
Synonym: US ( alpha-2 )
References
Further reading
English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA or the USA
( colloquial ) Initialism of United States of 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 ) :
Derived terms
( United States Army ) :
Descendants
( United States of America ) :
Translations
United States of America
Afrikaans: VSA (af) pl , USA pl
Albanian: SHBA (sq) pl
Arabic: َالْوِلَايَات الْمُتَّحِدَة الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (ar) f pl ( al-wilayāt al-muttaḥida l-amrīkiyya ) , أَمْرِيكَا (ar) f ( ʔamrīkā )
Armenian: ԱՄՆ (hy) ( AMN )
Azerbaijani: ABŞ (az)
Bashkir: АҠШ ( AQŞ )
Belarusian: ЗША m pl ( ZŠA ) , Аме́рыка f ( Amjéryka )
Bengali: যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (bn) ( juktoraśṭro ) , আমেরিকা (bn) ( amerika )
Bulgarian: САЩ m pl ( SAŠt ) , Аме́рика f ( Amérika )
Burmese: အမေရိက ( a.meri.ka. )
Catalan: EUA (ca) m pl
Chinese:
Cantonese: 美國 / 美国 (yue) ( mei5 gwok3 )
Dungan: Мыйгуй ( Mɨyguy ) , Мыйгуә ( Mɨyguə )
Hokkien: 美國 / 美国 ( Bí-kok ) , 花旗 ( Hoe-kî )
Mandarin: 美國 / 美国 (zh) ( Měiguó ) , 美- (zh) ( Měi- ) ( as a component )
Corsican: SUA m pl
Czech: SSA pl , USA (cs) pl
Danish: USA (da)
Dutch: VS (nl) pl , VSA (nl) pl ( rare )
Esperanto: Usono (eo)
Estonian: USA (et)
Finnish: USA (fi)
French: ÉUA m pl , É.-U. (fr) m pl , USA (fr) m pl
Georgian: აშშ (ka) ( ašš )
German: USA (de) pl
Greek: ΗΠΑ (el) f pl ( IPA )
Green Hmong: Miv , Miv Teb , Koom Sab Teb , KTA , KT
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: ארה״ב ( 'arhá"v ) , אָמֶרִיקָה (he) f ( amérika )
Hindi: अमेरिका (hi) m ( amerikā ) , संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका ( sãyukt rājya amrīkā ) , संयुक्त राष्ट्र अमरीका ( sãyukt rāṣṭra amrīkā )
Hungarian: USA (hu) , AEÁ (hu)
Icelandic: BNA (is) f pl
Ido: Usa (io)
Indonesian: AS (id)
Ingrian: AYŠ , SŠA
Irish: SAM
Italian: SUA m pl , USA (it) m pl
Japanese: アメリカ (ja) ( Amerika ) , USA (ja) ( Yū Esu Ē ) , 米国 (ja) ( べいこく, Beikoku ) , 米 (ja) ( べい, Bei ) ( as a component ) , ユー・エス・エー ( Yū-Esu-Ē )
Kazakh: АҚШ (kk) ( AQŞ )
Khmer: អាមេរិក ( ʼaameirɨk ) , ស.រ.អ. ( sɑɑrɔɔʼɑɑ )
Korean: 미국(美國) (ko) ( Miguk ) , 미합중국(美合衆國) (ko) ( Mihapjungguk ) , 아메리카 (ko) ( Amerika ) , 미(美) (ko) ( Mi ) ( as a component )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: AY , Ameriqayê Yekbûyî
Kyrgyz: АКШ ( AKŞ )
Lao: ອາເມລິກາ ( ʼā mē li kā ) , ອະເມລິກາ ( ʼa mē li kā )
Latvian: ASV f pl
Lithuanian: JAV (lt)
Macedonian: САД (mk) f pl ( SAD ) , Аме́рика (mk) f ( Amérika )
Malay: AS (ms)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: АНУ ( ANU ) , Америк ( Amerik )
Navajo: WBA , W.B.A.
Norwegian:
Bokmål: USA (no) , Sambandsstatene
Nynorsk: USA (nn) , Sambandsstatane
Occitan: EUA m pl
Persian: ایالات متحده (fa) ( ayâlât-e motahede ) , اتازونی (fa) ( etâzuni ) , آمریکا (fa) ( âmrikâ ) , امریکا (fa) ( emrikâ )
Polish: USA (pl) pl
Portuguese: EUA (pt) m pl , E.U.A. (pt) m pl
Romanian: SUA (ro) f pl
Russian: США (ru) m pl ( SŠA ) , Аме́рика (ru) f ( Amérika )
Samogitian: JAV
Sardinian: IUA m pl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: САД f pl , Амѐрика f
Roman: SAD f pl , Amèrika (sh) f
Slovak: USA (sk) pl
Slovene: ZDA (sl) f pl
Spanish: EE. UU. (es) m pl , EUA (es) m pl , EU (es) m pl
Swedish: USA (sv) n
Tajik: ИМА ( IMA ) , Амрико (tg) ( Amriko )
Tatar: АКШ ( AQŞ )
Thai: สหรัฐ (th) ( sà-hà-rát ) , อเมริกา (th) ( à-mee-rí-gaa )
Turkish: ABD (tr) , Amerika (tr)
Turkmen: ABŞ
Ukrainian: США (uk) m pl ( SŠA ) , Аме́рика f ( Améryka )
Uzbek: AQSh
Vietnamese: Mỹ (vi) (美 (vi) ), Hoa Kỳ (vi) (花旗 ), Hợp chúng quốc Hoa Kỳ (vi)
Volapük: TPM , Lamerikän (vo)
West Frisian: FSA pl
White Hmong: Miv , Miv Teb , Koom Siab Teb , KTA , KT
Yiddish: אַמעריקע n ( amerike ) , פֿש״אַ ( fsh"a )
See also
Noun
USA (plural USAs )
Abbreviation of United States Attorney .
Derived terms
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
English USA
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA ( informal )
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms
Derived terms
Anagrams
German
Etymology
Borrowed from English USA .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌuː.ɛsˈaː/ , , ( formal )
Proper noun
die USA pl (proper noun , plural only , usually definite )
USA (a country in North America )
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
plural
def.
noun
nominative
die
USA
genitive
der
USA
dative
den
USA
accusative
die
USA
Derived terms
Further reading
“USA ” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Hungarian
Etymology
From English USA , an initialism of United States of America .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms: Amerikai Egyesült Államok , AEÁ , Egyesült Államok
Declension
Derived terms
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English USA .
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA m pl (plural only )
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms: America , Stati Uniti
Japanese
Pronunciation
Proper noun
USA( ユーエスエー ) • (Yū-Esu-Ē )
USA (a country in North America )
See also
Norwegian Bokmål
Proper noun
USA
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Proper noun
USA
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from English USA .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /u.ɛsˈa/
Rhymes: -a
Syllabification: U‧S‧A
Proper noun
USA pl
USA , US (a country in North America )
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/
Proper noun
USA n (genitive USA:s )
USA (a country in North America )
Synonyms: Amerikas förenta stater , Förenta staterna , Staterna , ( sometimes proscribed ) Amerika , ( humorous ) Amerikat