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united states is a noun meaning "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". It carries 2 recorded senses.
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
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for united states come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.