1. North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 2. the army of the United States of America; the agency that organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare
Familiarity information: USA used as a noun is rare.
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Louisiana Purchase (territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada)
D.C.; DC; District of Columbia (the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia)
South (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
Sunbelt (states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative)
North (the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line)
Dakota (the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota)
AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)
New River (a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River)
Niagara; Niagara River (a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York)
Twin; Twin Falls (a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho)
Yosemite; Yosemite Falls (a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year)
Missouri; Missouri River (the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis)
Mississippi; Mississippi River (a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico)
Beehive State; Mormon State; UT; Utah (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Equality State; WY; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)
Connecticut; Connecticut River (a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound)
Yukon; Yukon River (a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea)
Mid-Atlantic states (a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland)
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
staff member; staffer (an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States))
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
genus Epiphyllum (small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti)
Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)
discount rate (the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System)
Marlowe; Philip Marlowe (tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler)
Bill of Rights (a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution))
joint resolution (a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the chief executive (or passed over the executive's veto))
Social Security number (the number of a particular individual's social security account)
shamanism (any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes))
southernism (an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US))
totem (emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians))
slave market (a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War))
maquiladora (an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border)
recall (the act of removing an official by petition)
Boston Tea Party (demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea)
trust busting ((law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws))
reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))
snake dance (a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked)
State Department (a department of government in one of the 50 states)
combination in restraint of trade ((law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States))
cola; dope (carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States))
teacake (any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea)
multiple voting (voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.))
Instance hyponyms:
North; Union (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War))
Holonyms ("USA" is a part of...):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Holonyms ("USA" is a member of...):
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)
OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
AHPCRC; Army High Performance Computing Research Center (a United States defense laboratory to conduct research in high-performance computing for defense technology applications; a partnership of government and university and industry)
Army National Guard; ARNG (a civilian reserve component of the United States Army comprised of guardsmen who serve during overseas peacekeeping missions and during local emergencies)
AI; Army Intelligence (an agency of the United States Army responsible for providing timely and relevant and accurate and synchronized intelligence to tactical and operational and strategic level commanders)
CID; Criminal Investigation Command (the United States Army's principal law enforcement agency responsible for the conduct of criminal investigations for all levels of the Army anywhere in the world)
"Cowards die many times, but a brave man only dies once." (English proverb)
"The more cowherds there are, the worse the cows are looked after" (Breton proverb)
"Meaningless laughter is a sign of ill-breeding." (Arabic proverb)
"Comparing apples and pears." (Dutch proverb)
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