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Proper noun

the United States

  1. (in the singular, formerly also plural) Script error: The function "show_from" does not exist. United States of America.
    • 1793 December 3, George Washington, Fifth State of the Union Address:
      As soon as the war in Europe had embraced those powers with whom the United States have the most extensive relations there was reason to apprehend that our intercourse with them might be interrupted and our disposition for peace drawn into question by the suspicions too often entertained by belligerent nations.
    • 1964, Kennedy, John F., “The Immigrant Contribution”, in A Nation of Immigrants[1], Revised and Enlarged edition, Harper & Row, LCCN 64-7830, OCLC 899031989, strana 64:
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    • 1965, Truman, Harry S., MP2002-401 Former President Truman Discusses "The Buck Stops Here"[2], Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives Identifier: 595162, 0:26 from the start:
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    • 2012 април 29, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Treehouse of Horror III” (season 4, episode 5; originally aired 10/29/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)[3]:
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  2. (in the plural) The collection of individual states of the United States of America.
    • 1781, January 10, Samuel Huntington, letter to John Adams:[4]
      Congress have no expectations from the influence which the people of England may have on the British counsels, whatever may be the disposition of that nation or their magistrates towards these United States.
  3. (military) Includes the land area, internal waters, territorial sea, and airspace of the United States.
  4. (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.

Usage notes

During the first few decades after independence authors commonly treated United States as a plural noun, but in contemporary English it is always singular.

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References

  • Joint Publication 1-02 U.S. Department of Defense Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms; 12 April 2001 (As Amended Through 14 April 2006)

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