United States

I

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. America, US, United States of America, U.S.A., Columbia, the Union, these States, the States, the fifty states, ZI (Zone of the Interior), the land of the Stars and Stripes, US of A*, Uncle Sam*, the land of liberty*, the land of the free and the home of the brave*, God's country*, the melting pot*, the lower forty-eight states*, stateside*, the mainland*.

II

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

U.S., U.S.A., America, land of opportunity, Uncle Sam, North America, Land of Liberty, Columbia, *the great melting pot. ''Half-brother of the world. With something good and bad of every land.''— Philip Bailey. ''A nation of immigrants.''— John F. Kennedy. ''The largest shopping center in the world.''—Richard Nixon. ''A large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair.''—Arnold Toynbee.