General Reference
- Pronunciation: i/jʊˌnaɪ.tɪd ˈsteɪts/
- Abbreviations: USA or US
- Common English country name: The United States
- Official English country name: The United States of America
- Common endonyms: United States, U.S., U.S.A., America
- Official endonym: The United States of America
- Common exonyms: The United States; America or The States (chiefly British/Commonwealth); North America (chiefly Latin America)
- Adjectivals: United States, American
- Demonyms: American (among others)
- United States#Etymology
- International rankings of the United States
- ISO country codes: US, USA, 840
- ISO region codes: See ISO 3166-2:US
- Internet country code top-level domain: .us
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