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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
[122] [121] The name "Virgin Islands of the United States" (U.S. Virgin Islands) was adopted in 1917 when the islands were purchased by the U.S. from Denmark. [123] [note 4] United States Minor Outlying Islands: Various: Various: Various: The name "United States Minor Outlying Islands" started to be used in 1986. [124]
This is an alphabetical list of sovereign states and dependent territories in the Americas.It comprises three regions, Northern America (Canada and the United States), the Caribbean (cultural region of the English, French, Dutch, and Creole speaking countries located on the Caribbean Sea) and Latin America (nations that speak Spanish and Portuguese).
United States Anacapa: Channel Islands of California United States Anafi: Cyclades Greece: Anastasia: Matanzas River, Florida United States India: Bay of Bengal India Anatahan Northern Mariana Islands United States Anaho: Pyramid Lake, Nevada United States Anatom: Pacific Ocean Vanuatu: Anchor: Torres Strait Islands, Queensland Australia
Some names were carried over directly and are found throughout the country (such as Manchester, Birmingham and Rochester). Others carry the prefix "New"; for example, the largest city in the US, New York, was named after York because King Charles II gave the land to his brother, James, the Duke of York (later James II).
See also: List of historical capitals of Norway. Ottawa Canada: North America: Ouagadougou Burkina Faso: Africa: Pago Pago American Samoa: Oceania: Territory of the United States. Palikir Micronesia: Self-governing in free association with the United States. Kolonia is the former capital and Australia, China, Japan and the United States retain ...
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United States of China, once advocated before the unification of China by Chiang Kai-shek; United States of Europe, a political concept of a single European state; United States of Africa, a political concept similar to the United States of Europe; United States of South America, a proposed federation in South America or Latin America