United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A.(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

America(noun)

North America and South America and Central America

America(ProperNoun)

The landmass now divided into the continents of North and South America.

America(ProperNoun)

The United States of America.

America

including both North and South, 9000 m. in length, varies from 3400 m. to 28 m. in breadth, contains 16½ millions of sq. m., is larger than Europe and Africa together, but is a good deal smaller than Asia; bounded throughout by the Atlantic on the E. and the Pacific on the W.