United States (disambiguation)
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United States usually refers to the United States of America.
United States may also refer to:
- SS United States, the fastest ocean liner ever built
- USS United States, four ships built for the United States Navy
- The United States of America (band), a 1960s musical group
- United States (TV series), a half-hour comedy-drama on NBC in 1980
- United States Live, a 1983 multimedia performance piece by artist Laurie Anderson
- The United States of Leland, a 2004 movie
- "United States of Whatever", a song by Liam Lynch on his album Fake Songs
United States also occurs as part of the following names, which are not typically referred to in an abbreviated form as just "United States":
- Current:
- United Mexican States, the official name of Mexico
- Historical:
- United States of Belgium, a confederation that existed during the year 1790
- Republic of the United States of Brazil, the name of Brazil between 1889 and 1968
- United States of Central America, a defunct 19th century federation of the nations of Central America
- United States of Colombia, name held by Colombia between 1863 and 1886
- United States of Indonesia, name of the country from 1949 to 1950
- United States of Venezuela from 1864 to April 15, 1953
- Proposed/fictional:
- United States of Earth in the TV Series Futurama
- United States of Africa, a political concept/proposal, similar to the United States of Europe
- United States of China, a political concept of a federalized China that includes the People's Republic of China and the Republic of China. Chinese term: 中華合衆國.
- United States of Europe, a political concept. A real-world counterpart is the European Union
- United States of North America, a fictional country in A Mind Forever Voyaging, a science fiction text adventure game
- United States of Mexamericanada or just Mexamericanada, a satirical political reference
- United States of South America was a dream of a strong federation in South America by Simón Bolívar. This vision has never been reached. However, the South American Community of Nations was formed recently under this idea
- United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand
de:Vereinigte Staaten (Begriffsklärung) fr:États-Unis (homonymie) nl:Verenigde Staten (doorverwijspagina) ja:合衆国
