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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]
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).
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 ...
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
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
(used in the name of the United States Postal Service; see mail) (going postal) to commit a sudden, irrational burst of rage (slang) pound sign symbol of the pound sterling (£) number sign, octothorpe (#) (UK: hash sign) precinct: a pedestrian zone in a city or town ("a shopping precinct") a space enclosed (as by walls)
Flags of certain countries at the Élysée Palace in Paris for a peace conference regarding Libya, 2011. The national flags (other than that of the host, France) are arranged in French alphabetical order: Allemagne, Belgique, Canada, Danemark, Émirats Arabes Unis, Espagne, États-Unis, Grèce, Irak, Italie, Jordanie, Maroc, Norvège, Pays-Bas, Pologne, Qatar, Royaume-Uni.
List of national capitals by name (present and past) List of capitals and larger cities by country; List of current and former capital cities within U.S. states; List of metropolitan areas by population; List of the world's most populous cities; List of cities in India; List of planned cities; List of city nicknames in the United States; List ...