ＵＳＡ

also: ユーエスエー

Common wordFreq.FrequencyTop 10,000

Meanings

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.

Related words

アメリカN5sense 1
アメリカ is the everyday Japanese word for the United States, while ＵＳＡ is the Latin-letter acronym used mainly in names, labels, and slogans.
アメリカ陸りく軍ぐん sense 2
アメリカ陸軍 spells out 'United States Army' in Japanese, avoiding the ambiguity of the acronym ＵＳＡ, which can also mean the country.
アメリカ合がっ衆しゅう国こく sense 1
アメリカ合衆国 is the full official Japanese name for the country, whereas ＵＳＡ is the shorter Latin-letter acronym.
米べい国こく sense 1
米国 is a formal, news-style Japanese term for the United States, while ＵＳＡ is the casual Latin-letter acronym.

Written forms

ＵＳＡUsage100%
- ユー・エス・エー
  The headword spelling in full-width Latin letters; used as an acronym read ユー・エス・エー.
- ユーエスエー
  search-only kana form
USA
Practical half-width Latin-letter spelling often seen in modern Japanese text; lists the full-width form ＵＳＡ.

Etymology

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.”