noun
- The executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States.
- 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.
- synonyms: United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, USA, U. S. A.
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