United States (disambiguation)
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United States usually refers to the United States of America, a country in 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), the official name of Brazil between 1889 and 1937
- United States of Brazil, the official name of Brazil between 1937 and 1967
- United States of Central America (informal name), or the United Provinces of Central America and the Federal Republic 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 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, 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 similar to the United States of Europe
- United States of South America, a proposed federation in South America or Latin America
- United States of Greater Austria, a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- United States of Australia, a name suggested before the creation of the Commonwealth of Australia
Satirical
- United States of Canada, a satirically proposed country formed from Canada and the liberal blue states of the U.S., as opposed to Jesusland
- United States of Mexamericanada, a satirical reference in 21st century politics
- United States of the West, the admission of the European countries as states of the U.S.A., as satirically advocated by Régis Debray in his paper Empire 2.0
In arts and entertainment
- 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
- "United States of Eurasia", a song by English alternative rock band Muse
Fictional counties
- 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
- 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
- In various writings, such as those of James P. Hogan, a union of the U.S.A., Canada, The Bahamas, and other neighboring countries
- The United States of the New Continent (USN), from the Front Mission series
Vehicles
- SS United States, a luxury passenger liner built in 1952
- USS United States, several ships built for the United States Navy
- United States, an executive railcoach built for President Abraham Lincoln
See also
- All pages beginning with "United States"
- All pages beginning with "United States of America"
- United Kingdom (disambiguation)
- United Provinces (disambiguation)
- United States of Albania
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