u.s.

Noun

• 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

• the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  United States , United States of America , America , the States , US , U.S. , USA , U.S.A. , United States government , U.S. government , US Government