US

See also: Appendix:Variations of "us"

Translingual

Symbol

US

1. The ISO 3166-1 two-letter (alpha-2) code for United States of America.

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English

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

• U.S.
• U. S.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /juː.ɛs/

• Audio (UK)

  (file)

Proper noun

US

1. Initialism of United States.

   ICANN is based in the US.

   legal residents of the 48 contiguous US and DC

Usage notes

Often used attributively (see attributive noun); that is, forming a open compound:

• US political party

Derived terms

• US-ian
• US American

Translations

abbreviation of United States — See also translations at USA

• Arabic: not used in Arabic
• Belarusian: not used in Belarusian
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: not used in Mandarin

• Dutch: VS (nl) m pl
• French: EU (fr) m pl
• Hebrew: not used in Hebrew
• German: in compounds: US-
• Japanese: not used in Japanese
• Korean: not used in Korean

• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: AY

• Lithuanian: JAV (lt) f
• Persian: not used in Persian
• Polish: St.Zj. m pl
• Russian: not used in Russian
• Spanish: EE. UU. (es) m pl, EU (es) m pl
• Ukrainian: not used in Ukrainian
• Vietnamese: not used in Vietnamese

Etymology 2

Noun

US (plural USs)

1. (psychology) Initialism of unconditioned stimulus.

   Coordinate term: CS

Adjective

US

1. Abbreviation of unserviceable.

   The radio is US

Anagrams

• SU, Su