United States (disambiguation)

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United States usually refers to the United States of America.

United States may also refer to:

• SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built
• USS United States, four ships built for the United States Navy
• The United States of America (band), a 1960s musical group
• United States (TV series), a half-hour comedy-drama on NBC in 1980
• United States Live, a 1983 multimedia performance piece by artist Laurie Anderson
• The United States of Leland, a 2004 movie
• "United States of Whatever", a song by Liam Lynch on his album Fake Songs

United States also occurs as part of the following names:

• Current:
  • United Mexican States, the official name of Mexico
• Historical:
  • United States of Belgium, a confederation that existed during the year 1790
  • Republic of the United States of Brazil, the name of Brazil between 1889 and 1968
  • United States of Central America, a defunct 19th century federation of the nations of Central America
  • United States of Colombia, name held by Colombia between 1863 and 1886
  • United States of Indonesia, name of the country from 1949 to 1950
  • United States of Venezuela from 1864 to April 15, 1953
• Proposed/fictional:
  • United States of Earth in the TV Series Futurama
  • United States of Africa, a political concept/proposal, similar to the United States of Europe
  • United States of China, a political concept of a federalized China that includes the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China
  • United States of Europe, a political concept. A real-world counterpart is the European Union
  • United States of North America, a fictional country in A Mind Forever Voyaging, a science fiction text adventure game.
  • United States of South America, a dream of a strong federation in South America by Simón Bolívar
  • United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand