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An acronym of the United States of North America, a 19th-century name for the United States of America, variously attributed to "a St. Louis professor" or "a Canadian, James P. Murray of Toronto".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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An acronym of the United States of North America, a 19th-century name for the United States of America, variously attributed to "a St. Louis professor" or "a Canadian, James P. Murray of Toronto".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.