USA
Fifty states, shortened
USA is the standard abbreviation for the United States of America, used in addresses, headlines, sports contexts, and casual writing: Team USA dominated the relay.
The abbreviation appears on products, postage, and in chants of national pride: U-S-A! U-S-A! (Lowercase usa is not standard English.)
Joining into one
- statesModes of being
- nationalOf a country
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
- federationUnion of semi-autonomous states
confederation · commonwealth · governance · Congress · Senate · Capitol · Washington DC · executive
Absence of unjust constraint
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- independenceFreedom from external control
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
- free speechProtected verbal liberty
human rights · justice · equality · emancipation · Bill of Rights · First Amendment · self-determination · sovereignty
Bay Area tech corridor
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
- patentsExclusive rights to inventions
tech giants · venture capital · research · MIT · biotech · aerospace · moon landing · internet
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- melting potCultural fusion place
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
- ethnicitiesGroups sharing cultural heritage
demographics · heritage · mosaic · integration · Ellis Island · naturalization · diaspora · migration
Cloth symbol or signal
- anthemOfficial song of praise
- eagleLarge predatory bird
- pledgeBinding promise given
- allegianceLoyalty owed to authority
Old Glory · fireworks · July Fourth · Founding Fathers · veterans · memorials · monuments · Betsy Ross
North American federal republic
- USStates abbreviation
- abbreviationShortened word form
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
union
Joining into one
- statesModes of being
- nationalOf a country
- federalismDivided governmental authority system
federation · confederation · commonwealth · governance · Congress · Senate · Capitol · Washington DC · executive · judicial
liberty
Absence of unjust constraint
- rightsJustified claims to freedoms
- independenceFreedom from external control
- civil libertiesRights limiting government power
free speech · human rights · justice · equality · emancipation · Bill of Rights · First Amendment · self-determination · sovereignty · unalienable
Silicon Valley
Bay Area tech corridor
- entrepreneurshipCreating and managing ventures
- startupsNewly launched businesses
- NASAFederal space exploration bureau
patents · tech giants · venture capital · research · MIT · biotech · aerospace · moon landing · internet · GPS
multicultural
Including multiple ethnic traditions
- melting potCultural fusion place
- immigrantsThose settling abroad
- pluralismCoexistence of differing views
ethnicities · demographics · heritage · mosaic · integration · Ellis Island · naturalization · diaspora · migration · asylum
flag
Cloth symbol or signal
allegiance · Old Glory · fireworks · July Fourth · Founding Fathers · veterans · memorials · monuments · Betsy Ross · Uncle Sam
United States of America
North American federal republic
- USStates abbreviation
- abbreviationShortened word form
- initialismSpelled-out letter shortening
USAUSSR
Former communist superpower
Soviet Union · Soviet Russia · Eastern Bloc · Communist China · Warsaw Pact
USAChina
East Asian superpower
Russia · People's Republic of China · Iran · PRC · North Korea
- Team USANational athletic delegation
- born in the usa
- small-town USARural American cultural identity
- small town USARural American community life
- USA TodayNational American daily newspaper
- Miss USANational beauty pageant winner