also: ユーエスエー
Latin-letter acronym for the country. In ordinary conversation, アメリカ is often more natural, while ＵＳＡ is common in names, labels, sports contexts, and slogans.
See also: アメリカ合衆国
野球のＵＳＡ代表が来日した。
The USA national baseball team came to Japan.
タグに「Made in USA」と書いてある。
The tag says “Made in USA.”
United States Army
Specialized abbreviation for the United States Army. This use depends on context and can be confused with the country name.
See also: アメリカ陸軍
軍事資料では、ＵＳＡがアメリカ陸軍の略として出てくることがある。
In military materials, USA sometimes appears as an abbreviation for the United States Army.
アメリカ合衆国 is the full official Japanese name for the country, whereas ＵＳＡ is the shorter Latin-letter acronym.
米国 is a formal, news-style Japanese term for the United States, while ＵＳＡ is the casual Latin-letter acronym.
The headword spelling in full-width Latin letters; used as an acronym read ユー・エス・エー.
Practical half-width Latin-letter spelling often seen in modern Japanese text; lists the full-width form ＵＳＡ.
Latin-letter initialism. For the country sense, the letters correspond to English “United States of America”; in the specialized military sense, the same letters are used for “United States Army.”