Source : WordNet®

United States
     n 1: 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 [syn: {United
          States of America}, {America}, {US}, {U.S.}, {USA}, {U.S.A.}]
     2: the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the
        federal government of the United States [syn: {United
        States government}, {U.S. government}, {US Government}, {U.S.}]