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USA

UK/juː ɛs ˈeɪ/US/ˌju ˌɛs ˈeɪ/

USA is the initialism of the United States of America.

USA is the initialism of United States Army.

USA is the initialism of Union of South Africa.

USA is the initialism of United Sabah Alliance.

USA is the abbreviation of United States Attorney.

Meaning of Union of South Africa

Proper noun

the Union of South Africa

  1. (historical) Former official name of South Africa: a country in Southern Africa; used from 1910 to 1961, when the country was a Commonwealth dominion under nominal British sovereignty.

Meaning of United States Attorney

Noun

United States Attorney (plural United States Attorneys)

  1. A title for some attorneys for the federal government of the United States of America. The head of the government attorneys' office and prosecutor's office for a court district in the U.S. federal district court system, which represents the government's position.
    Synonyms:
    USA, U.S.A., U. S. A., US Attorney U.S. Attorney, U. S. Attorney

Synonyms of USA

Forms of USA

Proper noun
alternative formU.S.A.
alternative formU. S. A.
Noun
pluralUSAs

Words formed from USA

Words that rhyme with USA

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Questions about USA

What is USA the initialism of?
USA is the initialism of the United States of America.
How do you pronounce USA?
USA is pronounced /juː ɛs ˈeɪ/ (UK).

Words near USA in the dictionary

  1. us-in
  2. Us-ish
  3. us-selves
  4. us-un
  5. US-wide
  6. USA
  7. USA-nian
  8. USA-nians
  9. USAAC
  10. USAAF
  11. USAAS

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: USA (page history and authors); Union of South Africa (page history and authors); United States Attorney (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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