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The United States of America is a federal republic [1] consisting of 50 states, a federal district (Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States), five major territories, and various minor islands. [2] [3] Both the states and the United States as a whole are each sovereign jurisdictions. [4]
ISO 3166-2:US is the entry for the United States in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166-1.
Named for Columbia, the national personification of the United States, which is itself named for Christopher Columbus. Guam: 1898 [115] [note 2] (December 10) Chamorro: Guåhan 'What we have', from Guåhån in Chamorro language. [116] The name "Guam" was first used in the Treaty of Paris (1898). [115] Northern Mariana Islands: 1667 [117] [note ...
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
This is a list of demonyms used to designate the citizens of specific states, federal district, and territories of the United States of America. Official English-language demonyms are established by the United States Government Publishing Office (USGPO); [1] however, many other terms are in common use.
To locate categories in a particular state, click on that state, or use the text links below. For convenience, all states in the United States should be included in this category. This includes all states that can also be found in the subcategories.
In Esperanto, the United States is known as "Usono," with the adjective form for American being "Usona." These constructions borrow the first letters of the English words United States of North America, while changing the final "a" to an "o" for the noun form in conformance with the rules of Esperanto grammar.
Washington, in the Pacific Northwest, was the 42nd state admitted to the union. Thirty-one of the 50 United States are home to a Washington County. There are more than 200 Washington Townships in the United States, including five (plus one Washington Borough) in the state of New Jersey.