# USA
## 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

* „USA“ on Abkürzungen.de

### Further reading

* USA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

## English
### Alternative forms

* U.S.A., U. S. A.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /juː ɛs ˈeɪ/
* (General American) enPR: yo͞o' ĕs' āʹ, IPA: /ˌju ˌɛs ˈeɪ/
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: -eɪ

### 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):
* Usania, Usonia
* US
* U.S. of A., US of A

#### Coordinate terms

(United States Army):
* Continental Army
* USAF (“United States Air Force”)
* USN (“United States Navy”)
* USMC (“United States Marine Corps”)

#### Derived terms

* Usanian
(United States Army):
* USAAC
* USAAF

#### Descendants

(United States of America):
* → German: USA
* → Ido: Usa

#### See also

* US

### Noun

USA (plural USAs)
* Abbreviation of United States Attorney.

#### Derived terms

* AUSA

### Anagrams

* A.U.'s, ASU, AUs, Asu, Aus, SAU, Sua, UAS, UAs, a.u.s

## Finnish
### Etymology

English USA

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈuːˌæsˌɑː/, [ˈuːˌæs̠ˌɑ̝ː]
* IPA: /ˈuːˌesˌɑː/, [ˈuːˌe̞s̠ˌɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -ɑː

### Proper noun

USA (informal)
* USA (a country in North America)

#### Synonyms

* Amerikan yhdysvallat
* Amerikka
* Yhdysvallat

#### Derived terms

* usalainen

### Anagrams

* asu, sua

## German
### Alternative forms

* VSA (archaic)

### Etymology

Borrowed from English USA.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌuː.ɛsˈaː/, [ˌʔuː.ɛsˈʔaː], (formal) [ˌʔuː.ʔɛsˈʔaː]
* Audio:(file)

### 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).

#### Derived terms

* USA-Imperialismus

### Further reading

* “USA” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Etymology

From English USA, an initialism of United States of America.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈuʃɒ]
* Rhymes: -ʃɒ

### Proper noun

USA
* USA (a country in North America)
    Synonyms: Amerikai Egyesült Államok, AEÁ, Egyesült Államok

#### Derived terms

* USA-beli

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English USA.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈu.za/
** Rhymes: -uza
* IPA: /ju.esˈsej/, /ju.esˈsɛj/
** Rhymes: -ej, -ɛj

### Proper noun

USA m pl (plural only)
* USA (a country in North America)
    Synonyms: America, Stati Uniti

## Japanese
### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) ユーエスエー [yùú ésú éé] (Heiban – [0])
* IPA: [jɯ̟ː e̞sɨ e̞ː]

### Proper noun

USA(ユーエスエー) • (Yū-Esu-Ē)
* USA (a country in North America)

#### See also

* 米(べい)国(こく) (Beikoku)

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

USA
* USA (a country in North America)

#### Synonyms

* Amerikas forente stater (full name)

#### Related terms

* amerikaner
* amerikansk
* USA-amerikaner
* USA-amerikansk

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

USA
* USA (a country in North America)

#### Synonyms

* Dei amerikanske Sambandsstatane (full name)

#### Related terms

* amerikanar
* amerikansk
* USA-amerikanar
* USA-amerikansk

## Polish
### Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from English USA.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /u.ɛsˈa/
* Audio:(file)
* 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: /ˈʉːɛˌsɑː/, /ʉːɛˈsɑː/
* Audio:(file)

### 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