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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
USA
n 1: 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 [syn: {United
States}, {United States of America}, {America}, {the
States}, {US}, {U.S.}, {USA}, {U.S.A.}]
2: the army of the United States of America; the agency that
organizes and trains soldiers for land warfare [syn: {United
States Army}, {US Army}, {U. S. Army}, {Army}, {USA}]