United States
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
The forty-eight States, and one Federal District, composing the Federal
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Examples
This will be a good souvenir of my trip around the United States.Cái này sẽ là một kỷ niệm tốt của cuộc du ngoạn xung quanh nước Mỹ.
The amount of people on Facebook is greater than the population of the United States of America.Số lượng người dùng trên Facebook lớn hơn cả dân số của nước Mỹ.
Tatoeba sentence #1586 (CC BY 2.0 FR, tatoeba.org, retrieved 2026-07-31)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “United States” mean?
The forty-eight States, and one Federal District, composing the Federal
Is “United States” formal or informal?
No register label has been reviewed yet — treat it as neutral and check the usage notes above.