Uncle Sam

Etymology


From, probably based on the  of the United States. While suggests that the term was named after  (1766–1854), a meat packer from Troy, New York, who supplied the  with canned meat during the  between the United States and the United Kingdom, the  notes there is no evidence that this is the case.

Proper noun

 * 1)  A personification of the United States federal government or  citizens.

Translations

 * Arabic: اَلْعَمّ سَام
 * Armenian: Քեռի Սեմ
 * Asturian: Tíu Sam
 * Azerbaijani: Sem dayı
 * Basque: Osaba Sam
 * Belarusian: Дзядзька Сэм
 * Bulgarian: Чичо Сам
 * Catalan: Oncle Sam
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Czech: Strýček Sam
 * Estonian: Onu Sam
 * Finnish: Setä Samuli
 * French:
 * Galician: Tío Sam
 * German: Uncle Sam
 * Greek: μπάρμπα-Σαμ, Θείος Σαμ
 * Icelandic: Sámur frændi
 * Indonesian: Paman Sam
 * Italian: Zio Sam
 * Japanese: アンクル・サム
 * Korean: ^엉클 ^샘
 * Latvian: Tēvocis Sems
 * Lithuanian: dėdė Semas
 * Macedonian: чичко Сем
 * Malay: Pakcik Sam
 * Malayalam: അങ്കിൾ സാം
 * Mirandese: Tiu Sam
 * Navajo: Nihidáʼí Sam
 * Occitan: Oncle Sam
 * Persian: عمو سام
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Ујка Сем
 * Roman: Ujka Sem
 * Spanish: Tío Sam
 * Swedish: Onkel Sam
 * Thai: ลุงแซม
 * Turkish:
 * Ukrainian: Дядько Сем
 * Vietnamese: Chú Sam
 * Welsh: Wncl Sam