List of terms for the United States of America
- List of terms for the United States of America
"This list refers to the nation-state. For demonyms for the people of the USA, see Adjectives for U.S. citizens."
The nation-state officially named the United States of America is also known by a number of shorter terms:
*America (ambiguous, sometimes referring to the Americas or the entire Western Hemisphere, but when used in everyday language primarily refers to the U.S.)
*Amerika (pejorative)
*Brother Jonathan
*the "fruited plain" (from Katharine Lee Bates' "America the Beautiful")
*Stars and Stripes
*the States (sometimes referring to only the Lower 48)
*The Union
*Stateside (sometimes referring to only the Lower 48)
*Uncle Sam
*United States
*US, U.S., USA, U.S.A., US of A
*Washington (synecdoche)
*Yankeeland or "Yanquiland" (pejorative)
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