Usona

U1S1O1N1A1
US/juːˈsoʊnə/

proper noun

The United States of America.

Scrabble 5

Meanings

Usona1

proper noun

alternative USONA

  1. datedThe United States of America.

    Usona (U. S. of A.), a land that looked like a lost land to us two years ago, was our biggest buyer, says a local expert.

    1899 August 3, “German letter (Chemnitz, July 15, 1899)”, in American Wool and Cotton Reporter, volume 13, page 924 [24]
    1 more example

    Everything of value recording during recent years by British pharmacists has been incorporated in the monographs, and it is interesting to notice how freely the pages of our own only commentary on the British Pharmacopœia—'Pharmacopedia,' to wit—have been drawn upon for information. But this was only to be expected, since our brethren in Usona are nothing if not careful and judicious compilers. Much original work has doubtless been done by American pharmacists engaged in the production of the new national medicine-book, but the volume is, nevertheless, best described as an excellent compilation.

    1905 July 15, “The New U.S. Pharmacopœia”, in The Pharmaceutical Journal, London, page 70

USONA2

proper noun
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Usona.

Origin

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".

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Translations

Esperanto Usono
  • UsonoUnited States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated)
Polish Usonia
  • UsoniaUnited States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated)
Russian САСШ
  • САСШ (SASŠ)United States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated)

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APA

Usona. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Usona

MLA

“Usona.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Usona. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Usona,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Usona.

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