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People from the United States of America are known as and refer to themselves as Americans. Different languages use different terms for citizens of the United States. All forms of English refer to US citizens as Americans, a term deriving from the United States of America, the country's official name. In the English context, it came to refer to ...
In Esperanto, the United States is known as "Usono," with the adjective form for American being "Usona." These constructions borrow the first letters of the English words United States of North America, while changing the final "a" to an "o" for the noun form in conformance with the rules of Esperanto grammar.
a type of minivan sold in the United States (see Dodge Caravan) caretaker (n.) one who takes care of a building, e.g. a school (US: janitor; cf. s.v. custodian) one put in charge of a farm after eviction of tenant one who takes care of someone or something stopgap government or provisional government
region of the U.S. that includes all or some of the states between New York and South Carolina [4] (exact definition of Mid-Atlantic States may vary) middle class: better off than 'working class', but not rich, i.e., a narrower term than in the U.S. and often negative ordinary; not rich although not destitute, generally a positive term midway
United Mexican States (official, English), Estados Unidos Mexicanos (official, Spanish), México (Spanish short form), República Mexicana (Only heard in Mexico ...
The United States is the world's second-largest automobile market by sales, having been overtaken by China in 2010, [390] and the U.S. has the highest vehicle ownership per capita in the world, [391] with 910 vehicles per 1000 people. [392] By value, the U.S. was the world's largest importer and third-largest exporter of cars in 2022. [393]
Common short forms and abbreviations are the United States, the U.S., the U.S.A., and America; colloquial versions include the U.S. of A. and the States. The term Columbia (from the Columbus surname) was a popular name for the U.S. and for the entire geographic Americas; its usage is present today in the District of Columbia's name. Moreover ...
SS United States, a retired ocean liner built in 1950; SS United States (1864), a merchant steamship lost in 1881; SS United States (1903), a ship of the Scandinavian American Line scrapped in 1935; USS United States, the name of several U.S. Navy ships; United States, a presidential railcar built for Abraham Lincoln