united states

Noun

• the executive and legislative and judicial branches of the federal government of the United States

• 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

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  United States government , United States , U.S. government , US Government , U.S. , United States of America , America , the States , US , USA , U.S.A.