United States

(singular)A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.

Vereinigte Staaten

Соединённые Шта́тыSojedinjónnyje Štáty

Сполу́чені Шта́тиSpolúčeni Štáty

A country in North America, also including Hawaii in Oceania; in full, United States of America.

(broadly, singular)The American federal government.

The United States effectively nationalized Fannie and Freddie during the 2008 financial crisis to prevent their collapse.

The United States is causing problems for herself with this policy.

(in the plural)The collection of individual states of the United States of America.

life in these United States

(name)A federal nation consisting of several states, whether actual, historical or hypothetical.

the Republic of the United States of Brazil (the First Brazilian Republic)

the United States of Mexico (the United Mexican States)