United States meaning
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[juːˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts] [jʊˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts] [juˌnaɪtɪd ˈsteɪts] [juˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts] [jɪ̈ˌnaɪ̯ɾɪ̈d ˈsteɪ̯ts] 
US WUnited States
- The United States of America (USA), commonly referred to as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic consisting of 50 states and a federal district. The 48 contiguous states and Washington, D.C.
- Paleo-Indians migrated from Eurasia to what is now the U.S. mainland at least 15,000 years ago, with European colonization beginning in the 16th century. The United States emerged from 13 British colonies located along the East Coast.
- Driven by the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, the United States embarked on a vigorous expansion across North America throughout the 19th century.
- Proper nounPREuni-
- (in the singular) shortened form of United States of America.
- “King Homer” follows the story of King Kong closely, with Mr. Burns taking the freakishly over-sized King Homer from his native Africa, where he lives proud as a simian god, to the United States, where he is an initially impressive but ultimately rather limited Broadway attraction.
- (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
- (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States, including.
- US territories, possessions, and commonwealths; and
- Other areas over which the US Government has complete jurisdiction and control or has exclusive authority or defense responsibility
- (nation's name) Federal nation consisting of several states, actual, historical or hypothetical.
- Republic of the United States of Brazil.
- The United States of Europe.
- (in the singular) shortened form of United States of America.
Definition of United States in English Dictionary
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Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this idiom "United States" is a noun, more specifically, a proper noun.