Some articles on united:
... handled (2009) % Change 2009 / 10 01 !1 (1) 26 ! United States, New York-JFK 2,678,991 2,517,896 19 !6 2,478,722 19 !2 02 !2 (2) 11 ! United Arab Emirates, Dubai 1,889,513 ...
... It is bordered by the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to the northwest, Saudi Arabia to the west, and Yemen to the southwest ... its power declined, the sultanate came under heavy influence from the United Kingdom, though Oman was never formally part of the British Empire, or a British ... has long-standing military and political ties with the United Kingdom and the United States, although it maintains an independent foreign policy ...
... worldwide anti-war movements occurred ever since the United States declared wars in Afghanistan and Iraq ... in Afghanistan occurred in cities in Europe, Asia, and all over the United States ... Organizations like Stop the War Coalition, based in the United Kingdom, work on campaigning against the War ...
... The Thirtieth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, consisting of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives ... apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives was based on the Sixth Census of the United States in 1840 ...
... Congress declares war on the United Kingdom. 1953 – A United States Air Force C-124 crashes and burns near Tokyo, Japan killing 129. 1965 – Vietnam War The United States uses B-52 bombers to attack National Liberation Front guerrilla fighters in South Vietnam ...
More definitions of "united":
- (adj): Involving the joint activity of two or more.
Example: "A united effort"
Synonyms: combined, concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, cooperative
- (adj): Of or relating to two people who are married to each other.
Synonyms: joined
Famous quotes containing the word united:
“Today’s difference between Russia and the United States is that in Russia everybody takes everybody else for a spy, and in the United States everybody takes everybody else for a criminal.”
—Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921–1990)
“You may consider me presumptuous, gentlemen, but I claim to be a citizen of the United States, with all the qualifications of a voter. I can read the Constitution, I am possessed of two hundred and fifty dollars, and the last time I looked in the old family Bible I found I was over twenty-one years of age.”
—Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1816–1902)
“You are, I am sure, aware that genuine popular support in the United States is required to carry out any Government policy, foreign or domestic. The American people make up their own minds and no governmental action can change it.”
—Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882–1945)