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English noun: U.S.

1. U.S. (group) the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States


SynonymsU.S. government, United States, United States government, US Government


Broader (hypernym)federal government


Member holonymexecutive branch, Executive Office of the President, judicial branch, legislative branch

2. U.S. (location) 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


SynonymsAmerica, the States, U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA


Instance hypernymNorth American country, North American nation


Instance hyponymNorth, Union


Part holonymAK, AL, Alabama, Alaska, Aloha State, American state, AR, Arizona, Arkansas, AZ, Badger State, Battle Born State, Bay State, Beaver State, Beehive State, Bluegrass State, Buckeye State, CA, Calif., California, Camellia State, Centennial State, CO, Colony, Colorado, Connecticut, Connecticut, Connecticut River, Constitution State, Cornhusker State, Coyote State, CT, D.C., Dakota, DC, DE, Delaware, Diamond State, District of Columbia, East, eastern United States, Empire State, Empire State of the South, Equality State, Everglade State, Evergreen State, First State, FL, Florida, Free State, GA, Garden State, Gem State, Georgia, Golden State, Gopher State, Grand Canyon State, Granite State, Great Lakes, Great Lakes State, Green Mountain State, Hawai'i, Hawaii, Hawkeye State, Heart of Dixie, HI, Hoosier State, IA, ID, Idaho, IL, Illinois, IN, Indiana, Iowa, Jersey, Kansas, Kentucky, Keystone State, KS, KY, LA, Land of Enchantment, Land of Lincoln, Land of Opportunity, Last Frontier, Little Rhody, Lone-Star State, Louisiana, Louisiana Purchase, MA, Magnolia State, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, MD, ME, MI, Michigan, Mid-Atlantic states, middle west, Midwest, midwestern United States, Minnesota, Mississippi, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri River, MN, MO, Montana, Mormon State, Mount Rushmore State, Mountain State, MS, MT, NC, ND, NE, Nebraska, Nevada, New England, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New River, New York, New York State, NH, Niagara, Niagara River, Niobrara, Niobrara River, NJ, NM, North, North Carolina, North Dakota, North Star State, Nutmeg State, NV, NY, Ocean State, OH, Ohio, Ohio, Ohio River, OK, Oklahoma, Old Colony, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, Old Line State, Old North State, OR, Oregon, PA, Pacific Northwest, Palmetto State, Peace Garden State, Peach State, Pelican State, Pennsylvania, Pine Tree State, Prairie State, Rhode Island, RI, Rio Bravo, Rio Grande, Sagebrush State, Saint Lawrence, Saint Lawrence River, SC, SD, Show Me State, Silver State, Sooner State, South, South Carolina, South Dakota, St. Lawrence, St. Lawrence River, Sunbelt, Sunflower State, Sunshine State, Tar Heel State, Tennessee, Texas, TN, Treasure State, Twin, Twin Falls, TX, UT, Utah, VA, Vermont, Virginia, Volunteer State, VT, WA, Washington, West, West Virginia, western United States, WI, Wisconsin, Wolverine State, WV, WY, Wyoming, Yosemite, Yosemite Falls, Yukon, Yukon River


Part meronymNorth America


Member holonymAmerican


Member meronymNATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization, OAS, Organization of American States


Domain region members1000000000, 1000000000000, Acrostichum aureum, American Civil War, Athabascan, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan, Athapaskan language, barrio, beak, Bill of Rights, billion, billion, billionth, Boston Tea Party, buck, Cassia alata, clam, cola, combination in restraint of trade, county, department of the federal government, desperado, desperate criminal, discount rate, dollar, dollar bill, dope, February 12, February 2, February 22, federal department, federal office, federation of tribes, first-year, freshman, genus Epiphyllum, genus Hedeoma, Gibson, golden fern, Groundhog Day, Hedeoma, honker, hooter, IC, in, inaugural, inaugural address, inch, independent agency, Intelligence Community, joint resolution, ladino, leather fern, Lincoln's Birthday, maquiladora, marine, Marlowe, Marshall Islands, Matricaria matricarioides, Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, Mel Gibson, mestiza, mestizo, multiple voting, nation, National Intelligence Community, North, Northerner, nozzle, octillion, old man, one dollar bill, one million million, one thousand million, paleface, partridge, Philip Marlowe, pineapple weed, Presidents' Day, quadrillion, quintillion, rayless chamomile, reallocation, reallotment, reapportionment, recall, Republic of the Marshall Islands, ringworm bush, ringworm cassia, ringworm shrub, schnoz, schnozzle, Senna alata, septillion, sextillion, shamanism, slave market, snake dance, snoot, snout, Social Security number, southernism, staff member, staffer, State Department, tart, teacake, totem, trapezium, trapezoid, tribe, trillion, trillion, trust busting, Union, United States Civil War, United States Intelligence Community, War between the States, Washington's Birthday, water spaniel, Yank, Yankee









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