Names of the United States
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This is a list of names of the United States of America in languages of the world.
List of names
| Language | Name | Reference | Explanation or note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acehnese | Amirika Carékat | ||
| Afrikaans | Verenigde State van Amerika | ||
| Albanian | Shtetet e Bashkuara të Amerikës | Shortened to SHBA or Amerika | |
| Alemannic | Vereinigte Staata vo Amerika | ||
| Arabic | الولايات المتّحدة الأمريكيّة (al-Wilāyāt al-Muttaḥidah al-Amrīkīyah, literally "the American united states") | Often shortened to أمريكا, (Amrīkā). | |
| Aragonese | Estatos Unitos d'America | ||
| Armenian | Ամերիկայի Միացյալ Նահանգներ (Amerikayi Miats‘yal Nahangner) | ||
| Assamese | মাৰ্কিন যুক্তৰাষ্ট্ৰ (Mārkina Yuktarāṣṭra) | ||
| Asturian | Estaos Xuníos d'América | ||
| Austro-Bavarian | Vaeinigte Staatn vo Amerika | ||
| Azerbaijani | Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları | ||
| Bashkir | Америка Ҡушма Штаттары (Amerika Qushma Stattary) | ||
| Basque | Ameriketako Estatu Batuak | ||
| Belarusian | Злучаныя Штаты Амерыкі (Zluchanyya Shtaty Ameryki) | ||
| Belarusian (Taraškievica) | Злучаныя Штаты Амэрыкі | ||
| Bengali | মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (Mārkina Yuktarāṣṭra) | ||
| Bikol central | Estados Unidos nin Amerika | ||
| Bishnupriya Manipuri | তিলপারাষ্ট্রর পুরা নাঙহান তিলপারাষ্ট্র | ||
| Bislama | Yunaeted Stet blong Amerika | ||
| Bosnian | Sjedinjene Američke Države | ||
| Breton | Stadoù-Unanet Amerika | ||
| Bulgarian | Съединени американски щати (Sŭedineni amerikanski shtati) | ||
| Catalan | Estats Units d'Amèrica | ||
| Cebuano | Estados Unidos sa Amerika | ||
| Zamboanga Chavacano | Estados Unidos de America | ||
| Chechen | Iамерка пачхьалк (Jamerka paçxälk) | ||
| Chinese | 美利堅合眾國 (Měilìjiān Hézhòngguó, literally "American centralized country") | Shortened to 美国 (Měiguó) | |
| Chuvash | Америкăри Пĕрлешӳллĕ Штатсем (Amerikări Pĕrleshüllĕ Shtatsem) | ||
| Cornish | Statys Unys Amerika | ||
| Corsican | Stati Uniti d'America | ||
| Crimean Tatar | Amerika Qoşma Ştatları | ||
| Croatian | Sjedinjene Američke Države | ||
| Czech | Spojené státy americké | ||
| Danish | Amerikas Forenede Stater | ||
| Dutch | Verenigde Staten van Amerika | Pronunciation: [ˈvɛrɛˌnɪɣdɛ stɑˈtɛn vɑn ɑmɛˈrɪkɑ] | |
| Dutch Low Saxon | Verienigde Staoten van Amerika | ||
| Dzongkha | ཡུ་ནའིཊེཊ་སི་ཊེས | ||
| Esperanto | Usono | ||
| Estonian | Ameerika Ühendriigid | ||
| Ewe | United States nye Amerika | ||
| Faroese | Sameindu Statirnir Í Amerika Sambandsríki Amerika | ||
| Finnish (Suomi) | Amerikan yhdysvallat | ||
| West Flemish | Verênigde Stoaten van Amerika | ||
| Franco-Provençal (Arpetan) | Ètats-Unis d’Amèrica | ||
| French | États-Unis d'Amérique | Pronunciation: [eta yni damɛ.ʁik] | |
| Saterland Frisian | Fereende Stoaten fon Amerikoa | ||
| West Frisian | Feriene Steaten fan Amearika | ||
| Friulian | Stâts Unîts di Americhe | ||
| Galician language (Gallego) | Estados Unidos de América | ||
| Georgian | ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატები (Amerikis Sheert‘ebuli Shtatebi) | ||
| German | Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika | Pronunciation: [fɛɐ̯aɪˈnɪktə ʃta:tɛn fɔn amɛˈʁɪka] | |
| Greek | Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες της Αμερικής (Inoménes Politíes tis Amerikís) | Pronunciation: [inoˈmenes poliˈti.es tis aˈmeri.kis] | |
| Greenlandic | Naalagaaffeqatigiit | ||
| Guaraní | Tetã peteĩ reko Amérikagua | ||
| Haitian Creole | Etazini | ||
| Hakka | Mî-li-kiên Ha̍p-chung-koet | ||
| Hausa | kunkiyar taraiyar Amurika | ||
| Hawaiian | ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻia | ||
| Hebrew | ארצות הברית של אמריקה (Artsot ha-Berit shel Ameriḳah) | ||
| Hindi | संयुक्त राज्य अमरीका (Saṃyukta Rājya Amrīkā) | ||
| Hungarian (Magyar) | Amerikai Egyesült Államok | Pronunciation: [ˈɒmɛrikɒi ˈɛɟɛʃylt ˈaːl:ɒmok] | |
| Icelandic | Bandaríki Norður-Ameríku | is:Bandaríkin | |
| Ido | Unionita Stati di Amerika | ||
| Igbo | Mbà ndi òfú óbì Amérịka | ||
| Ilokano | Estados Unidos iti America | ||
| Indonesian | Amerika Serikat | ||
| Interlingua | Statos Unite de America | ||
| Occidental (Interlingue) | Unit States de America | ||
| Inupiak | United States oŋ America | ||
| Irish (Irish Gaelic) | Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá | ||
| Italian | Stati Uniti d'America | Pronunciation: [stati uniti damɛˈrika] | |
| Japanese | アメリカ合衆国 (Amerika gasshūkoku), 米国 (Beikoku) | The latter name is shortened from 亜"米"利加合衆"国" | |
| Javanese | Amérika Sarékat | ||
| Kalmyk | Амерекин Ниицəтə Орн Нутгуд (Amerikin Niitsätä Orn Nutgud) | ||
| Kazakh | Америка Құрама Штаттары (Amerika Qurama Shtattary) | ||
| Kirundi | Leta Zunze Ubumwe za Amerika | ||
| Komi | Америкаса Ӧтувтӧм Штатъяс (Amerikasa Õtuvtõm Shtat″yas) | ||
| Korean | 미합중국 / 美合衆國 (Mihapchungguk, literally "American centralized country"), 아메리카 합중국, (Amelika habjung-gug, literally "American centralized country"), 유나이티드 스테이츠 오브 어메리커 (Yunaitideu Seuteicheu obeu Eomelikeo). | Commonly known as 미국 (Mee-guk) for short. | |
| Kurdish | Dewletên Yekbûyî yên Amerîkayê | ||
| Kyrgyz | Америка Кошмо Штаттары (Amerika Koshmo Shtattary) | ||
| Ladino | Estatos Unitos d'Amerika | ||
| Latin | Civitates Foederatae Americae (literally "federated American citizenry") | ||
| Latvian | Amerikas Savienotās Valstis | ||
| Ligurian | Stati Unïi d'America | ||
| Limburgish | Vereinegde State van Amerika | ||
| Lingala | Lisangá lya Ameríka | ||
| Lithuanian | Jungtinės Amerikos Valstijos | ||
| Lombard | Stat Ünì d'America | ||
| Luxembourgish | Vereenegt Staate vun Amerika | ||
| Macedonian | Соединети Американски Држави (Soedineti Amerikanski Drzhavi) | ||
| Malagasy | Etazonia | ||
| Malay | Amerika Syarikat | ||
| Malayalam | അമേരിക്കന് ഐക്യനാടുകള് (Amērikkan Aikyanāṭukaḷ) | ||
| Maltese | Stati Uniti tal-Amerika | ||
| Manx | Steatyn Unnaneysit America | ||
| Māori | Hononga-o-Amerika | ||
| Mazandarani | موتحده ایالات (Muttaḥidah Iyālāt) | ||
| Min Dong | Mī-guók | ||
| Min Nan | America Ha̍p-chiòng-kok | ||
| Mirandese | Stados Ounidos de la América | ||
| Mongolian | Америкийн Нэгдсэн Улс (Amerikhiyn Negdsen Uls) | ||
| Nahuatl | Tlacetilīlli Tlahtohcāyōtl Ixachitlān | pronunciation: /t͡ɬasetiˈliːlːi t͡ɬaʔtoʔˈkaːjoːt͡ɬ iʃaˈt͡ʃit͡ɬaːn/ | |
| Navajo | Wááshindoon Bikéyah Ałhidadiidzooígíí | ||
| Neapolitan | State Aunite d'Amereca | ||
| Norman | Êtats Unnis d'Améthique | ||
| Norwegian Bokmål | Amerikas forente stater | ||
| Norwegian Nynorsk | Amerikanske Sambandsstatane | ||
| Novial | Unionati States de Amerika | ||
| Occitan | Estats Units d'America | ||
| Ossetian | Америкæйы Иугонд Штаттæ (Amerikǝyy Iugond Shtattǝ) | ||
| Pashto | د امريکا متحده ايالات (Da Amrīkā Muttaḥidah Iyālāt) | ||
| Pennsylvania Dutch | Vereenichde Schtaate vun Amerikaa | ||
| Persian | ایالات متحده آمریکا (Eyālāt-e Mottaḥedeh Āmrikā) | ||
| Piedmontese | Stat Unì d'América | ||
| Polish | Stany Zjednoczone Ameryki | Pronunciation: [ˈstanɨ zjɛdˈnɔtʂɔnɛ aˈmɛrɨki] | |
| Portuguese | Estados Unidos da América | Pronunciation: [estɐˈdus uniˈdus dɐ amɛˈɾikɐ] in Brazil or [ɛstɐˈðus uniˈðus dɐ amɛˈɾikɐ] in Portugal and other former Portuguese colonies. Abbreviated as "EUA", for short. | |
| Quechua | Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna | ||
| Romanian | Statele Unite ale Americii | ||
| Romansh | Stadis Unids da l'America | ||
| Russian | Соединённые Штаты Америки (Soyedinyonnyye Shtaty Ameriki, literally "united states in America") | Pronunciation: [səjɪdʲɪˈnʲɵnːɨjə ˈʂtatɨ ɐˈmʲerʲɪkʲɪ], often abbreviated as "США" (Seh-shah) for short. | |
| Sakha | Америка Холбоһуктаах Штаттара (Amerika Kholbohuktaakh Shtattara) | ||
| Northern Sami | Amerihká ovttastuvvan stáhtat | ||
| Samoan | Iunaite Sitete o Amerika | ||
| Samogitian dialect | Jongtėnės Amerėkas Valstėjės | ||
| Sardinian | Istados Unidos de America | ||
| Scots | Unitit States o Americae | ||
| Scottish Gaelic | Na Stàitean Aonaichte | ||
| Serbian | Сједињене Америчке Државе | ||
| Serbo-Croatian | Sjedinjene Američke Države | ||
| Sicilian | Stati Uniti dâ Mèrica | ||
| Silesian | Zjednoczůne Sztaty Ameriki | ||
| Slovak | Spojené štáty americké | ||
| Slovene | Združene države Amerike | ||
| Somali | Maraykan | ||
| Sorbian, Lower | Zjadnośone staty Ameriki | ||
| Sorbian, Upper | Zjednoćene staty Ameriki | ||
| Spanish | Estados Unidos de América | Pronunciation: [estaˈðos uˈniðos ðe aˈmeɾika], abbreviated as "EE. UU." for short. | |
| Sundanese | Amérika Sarikat | ||
| Swahili | Muungano wa Madola ya Amerika | Shortened to Marekani | |
| Swedish | Amerikas förenta stater | The abbreviation USA is also commonly used, but pronounced as the letters are pronounced in Swedish. Sometimes, the one of the abbreviated forms "Förenta staterna" or "Staterna" is used. | |
| Tagalog/Filipino | Estados Unidos ng Amerika (Mga Nagkakaisang Estado ng Amerika) | Often shortened to Amerika. | |
| Tahitian | Fenua Marite | ||
| Tajik | Иёлоти Муттаҳидаи Амрико (Iyoloti Muttahidai Amriko) | ||
| Tamil | அமெரிக்க ஐக்கிய நாடு (Amerikka Aikkiya Nāṭu) | ||
| Tatar | Amerika Quşma Ştatları | ||
| Telugu | అమెరికా ఐక్యమైన రాజ్యాలు (Amerikā Aikyamaina Rājyālu) | ||
| Tetum | Estadu Naklibur Sira Amérika Nian | ||
| Thai | สหรัฐอเมริกา (Saharath Amerika) | ||
| Tibetan | ཨ་མེ་རི་ཁ་རྒྱལ་ཕྲན་མཉམ་འབྲེལ་རྒྱལ་ཁབ། | ||
| Tok Pisin | Yunaitet Stet bilong Amerika | ||
| Tongan | Puleʻanga Fakataha ʻo ʻAmelika | ||
| Turkish | Amerika Birleşik Devletleri | ||
| Ukrainian | Сполучені Штати Америки (Spolucheni Shtaty Ameryky) | ||
| Urdu | ریاستہائے متحدہ امریکہ (Riyāsat′hā’e Muttaḥidah Amrīkah) | ||
| Uyghur | ئامېرىكا قوشما شتاتلىرى (Amerika Qoshma Shtatliri) | ||
| Uzbek | Amerika Qo'shma Shtatlari | ||
| Venetian | Stati Unìi de la Mèrica | ||
| Vietnamese | Hợp chúng quốc Hoa Kỳ | Shortened to Hoa Kỳ, literally "Flower Flag Country", a reference to the Flag of the United States. Also shortened to Mỹ (beautiful). Both names are derived from Chinese. | |
| Volapük | Tats-Pebalöl (Nolüda-)Meropa | ||
| Võro | Ameeriga Ütisriigiq | ||
| Walloon | Estats Unis d' Amerike | ||
| Waray-Waray | Estados Unidos han Amerika | ||
| Welsh | Unol Daleithiau America | ||
| West Low German (Low Saxon) | Verenigten Staten vun Amerika | ||
| Wolof | Réewum Diiwaan yu Bennoo | ||
| Xhosa | IYunayithedi Steyitsi | ||
| Yiddish | פאראייניקטע שטאטן פון אמעריקע (Faraynikte Shtatn fun Amerike) | ||
| Yoruba | Sísọ̀kan àwọn Ìpínlẹ̀ Amẹ́ríkà | ||
| Zazaki | Dewletê Amerikayê Yewbiyayey | ||
| Zeelandic | Vereênigde Staeten | ||
| Zhuang | Meigoz |
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