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Definition: U.S.A. |
U.S.A.Noun1. 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 uakari n : medium-sized tree-dwelling monkey of the Amazon basin; only New World monkey with a short tail Ubermensch n : a person with great powers and abilities ubiety n : the state of existing and being localized in space ubiquinone n : any of several quinones that funct. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Crosswords: U.S.A. |
| Specialty definitions using "U.S.A.": amortization period ♦ bascule gate ♦ degrees API ♦ reimbursement period, repayment period ♦ Screw Worm Infection ♦ top-level domain ♦ Unified screw thread, Unified thread. (references) |
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Movie/TV Titles | U.S.A. Gay Parade (1972) Made in U.S.A. (1966) U.S.A. Passion Street (1964) What's Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A. (1964) U.S.A. Rocket Attack (1961) | |
Song Titles | R.O.C.K. In The U.S.A. (performing artist: John Cougar Mellencamp) God Bless The U.S.A. (performing artist: Lee Greenwood) | |
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Dr. George H. A. Clowes was a member of the Roswell Park staff from 1904 to 1917. He is credited with initiating the first cancer chemotherapy program in the U.S.A. AACR inaugurated the Clowes Memorial Lecture in his honor. Credit: Unknown photographer/artist. | ![]() | Above knee amputation with peg legs. : Reconstruction class. / U.S.A. Signal Corps. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | |
![]() | Russo - Japanese War, 1904 - 1905, Medical and sanitary affairs : Report of Col. John Van R. Hoff, Assistant Surgeon-General, U.S.A., pamphlet with halftones from observations with the Russian forces in Manchuria. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Colored lithograph by T.G. Dutton after a drawing by Major W.G.R. Masters, Royal Marines Light Artillery, published by Day & Son, Gate St., Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, July 18, 1861. The print identifies the steamer in center as "the U.S.A. chartered steamship 'Toey-Wan' (Captain Josiah Tattnall) which rendered conspicuous service to the English and French gunboats". Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Dendera--Hathoric column (restored) / Cosack & Company, Buffalo, N.Y., U.S.A.. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | On the brink of a tremendous precipice, Grand View Trail, Grand Canyon, Ariz., U.S.A.. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Fair Oaks, Va. Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, with Capt. George A. Custer of the 5th Cavalry, U.S.A.. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Portrait of Corp. Nailer, 13th Pennsylvania Cavalry, U.S.A.. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Sheffield Car Co. works, Three Rivers, Mich., U.S.A.. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Potomac Electric Power Co. Building. U.S.A. award presentation, PEPCO auditorium I. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Economic History | Portugal | It is now organizing the second U.S.A. Pavillion at BTL, which will be held in January, 2002. (references) |
Japan | The top three overseas destinations for the Japanese outbound travel in 2000 were 1) U.S.A., 2) Korea and 3) China. (references) | |
India | The first major survey of the Indian consumer was recently conducted by Kurt Salmon Associates and Technopak (KSA), U.S.A. KSA conducted the consumer outlook '99 survey in 12 Indian cities. (references) | |
Trade | Denmark | Denmark applies no unilateral trade barriers against the U.S.A. Denmark is a member of the European Union (EU) and the common external duty tariffs therefore apply to all products entering from non-EU countries, including the United States. (references) |
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| "U.S.A." is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "U.S.A." is used about 163 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 100% | 163 | 24,498 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
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| USA | Skechers U.S.A. Incorporated |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| Language | Translations for "U.S.A."; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Chinese | 美国。 (U.S.). (various references) | |
Dutch | de grenzen ener concessie met grenspalen aangeven (to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out), afpalen (demarcation, do delimit, marking out, to mark out, to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out). (various references) | |
French | jalonner (to stake claims ( u.s.a. )), indiquer les limites d'une concession par bornes (to stake claims ( u.s.a. )), faire l'abornement d'une concession (to stake claims ( u.s.a. )), delimiter (to stake claims ( u.s.a. )), borner (to stake claims ( u.s.a. )). (various references) | |
German | verlochsteinen (to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out), die grenzziehung vornehmen (to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out), die grenze festsetzen (to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out), die grenze festlegen (to mark out the boundaries of a mining lease, to stake claims ( u.s.a. ), to stake out), abgrenzen (bound, define, delimit, fence off, mark off, mark-off, rope in, to delimit, to mark down, to mark out, to mark-off). (various references) | |
Greek | η.π.α.. (various references) | |
Hungarian | usa (Usa). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 米国 (America). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | べい"く (America, rice). (various references) | |
Korean | 미국. (U.S.). (various references) | |
Romanian | statele unite ale americii (America, United States of America, Usa), s.u.a. (America, united states of america, Usa). (various references) | |
Russian | сша (u.s., usa). (various references) | |
Turkish | amerika (America, new world, the new world, the states, uncle sam, united states, united states of america). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters ".-.-.-a-s-u" | |
-3 letters: sau. | |
-4 letters: as, us. | |
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