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United States

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noun

(used with a singular verb)

Official_name United States of America. a federal republic in the northern Western Hemisphere comprising 48 contiguous states, the District of Columbia, Alaska in North America, and Hawaii in the North Pacific, and in some contexts considered along with its five inhabited island territories ( Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands, Guam, North Mariana Islands, American Samoa ). Conterminous United States, 3,119,885 square miles (8,080,465 square kilometers); with Alaska and Hawaii, 3,796,742 square miles (9,833,517 square kilometers); all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and the island territories, 3,805,927 square miles (9,857,306 square kilometers) : Washington, D.C. : U.S., US

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anti–U·nit·ed States adjective
pro–U·nit·ed States adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of United States¹

First recorded in 1600–10, in reference to the United Provinces of the Netherlands, and in 1770–80 for the United States of America ( def )

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You might imagine that means the leaders of the United States and Ukraine would sit near one another.

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Secretary of State Marco Rubio said El Salvador had agreed to “accept for deportation any illegal alien in the United States who is a criminal from any nationality.”

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“That’s the narrative you grow up with, it’s what they teach you in school. We’ve been victims of the United States forever.”

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If you grew up or live in California or western United States, chances are you’ve seen sceloporus occidentalis.

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The administration’s tariff “formula,” based on total American imports of goods from a country, ignores services — an area where the United States consistently excels.

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United Reformed Church United States Air Force

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