United States (disambiguation)
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The United States is a common name for the United States of America, a republic administered mostly in central North America.
United States may also refer to:
Countries
- United Mexican States, also known as the United States of Mexico, 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 (Portuguese: República dos Estados Unidos do Brasil) was the official name of Brazil between 1889 and 1937
- United States of Brazil was the official name of Brasil between 1937 and 1967, when it was changed to the current name Federative Republic of Brazil
- United States of Central America (informal name), more properly known as the United Provinces of Central America and the Federal Republic of Central America (through several name changes), 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 the Ionian Islands, former British protectorate from 1815 to 1864
- United State of Saurashtra, an Indian state between 1948 and 1956
- United States of Stellaland, a short-lived political union of Goshen and Stellaland proper in southern Africa
- United State of Travancore and Cochin, the name of the former Indian state of Travancore-Cochin between 1949 and 1950.
- United States of Venezuela from 1864 to April 15, 1953
Proposed
- United States of Latin Africa, a political entity proposed by Barthélemy Boganda for Central Africa
- United States of China, a political concept of a federalized China that was once advocated before the unification of China by Chiang Kai-shek
- United States of Europe, a political concept of a single European state
- United States of Africa, a political concept/proposal, similar to the United States of Europe
- United States of South America, a proposed strong federation in South America or Latin America
- United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- United States of the West, the admission of the European countries as states into the United States of America as satirically advocated by Régis Debray in his paper Empire 2.0
- United States of Australia, a name suggested before the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia
Fictional
- The United States of Southern Africa (USSA), successor state to South Africa in Arthur C. Clarke's science-fiction novel 2061: Odyssey Three
- United States of Japan in the TV series Code Geass
- United States of Earth in the TV series Futurama
- United States of Mexamericanada, or just "Mexamericanada", a satirical reference in 21st century politics
- The United States of North America (USNA), a fictitious country in the 1985 science fiction computer text adventure A Mind Forever Voyaging, set in the year 2031
- Various S.F. writings, such as those of James P. Hogan, formed from the union of the U.S.A., Canada, The Bahamas, and other neighbouring countries
- The United States of the New Continent (USN) from the Front Mission series
- The United States of Canada, a political combination of liberal blue states and Canada, as opposed to Jesusland
Other
- SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built
- USS United States, for ships built for the United States Navy
- United States executive railcoach, built for use by President Abraham Lincoln, but only served as his funeral coach on the Lincoln Special
- The United States of America (band), a 1960s experimental rock and psychedelic band from Los Angeles (USA)
- United States (TV series), a half-hour comedy-drama on NBC in 1980
- United States Live, a 1983 multimedia performance piece and album by artist Laurie Anderson
- United States (album), an album by Paul Gilbert and Freddie Nelson
- "United States", a Smashing Pumpkins song from their 2007 album Zeitgeist
- List of all pages beginning with "United States"
- List of all pages beginning with "United States of America"
See also
- United Kingdom (disambiguation)
- United Provinces (disambiguation)