Unit·ed States /jʊˈnaɪtəd, ||ˈjuˌ/
美國
United States
n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48
conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: United
States of America, America, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.]
2: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the
federal government of the United States [syn: United
States government, U.S. government, US Government, U.S.]