米べい国こく

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Meanings

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Formal or news-style term for the United States; アメリカ is more common in everyday conversation.

アメリカN5
アメリカ is the everyday word for the United States, while 米国 is the more formal, news-style term.
合がっ衆しゅう国こく
合衆国 literally means 'united states' and appears in the formal country name アメリカ合衆国, while 米国 is the short official abbreviation used especially in news headlines.
ＵＳ
米国 is the formal Sino-Japanese term for the United States used in official and news writing, while ＵＳ is the Roman-letter abbreviation seen in the same kind of contexts.
アメリカ合がっ衆しゅう国こく
アメリカ合衆国 is the full formal name, whereas 米国 is a concise kanji abbreviation typically used in news headlines and formal writing.
ＵＳＡ
米国 is a formal, news-style Japanese term for the United States, while ＵＳＡ is the casual Latin-letter acronym.

米べいplain
米国 is the fuller, formal written form for 'the United States', while 米 is the bare abbreviation used inside other compounds like 米兵 or 訪米.
アメリカplainN5
米国 is the formal, written abbreviation for the United States often used in news and official documents, while アメリカ is the everyday spoken term.

北ほく米べい
米国 means specifically the United States, whereas 北米 is the broader region that includes the U.S., Canada, and sometimes Mexico.

Abbreviation of 亜米利加 (Amerika), an ateji spelling for America, using the first character 米 (bei) plus 国 (country).