Usona

Etymology
An acronym of the, a 19th-century name for the United States of America, variously attributed to "a St. Louis professor" or "a Canadian, James P. Murray of Toronto".

Proper noun

 * 1)  The United States of America.

Usage notes

 * Several authors at the turn of the 20th century advocated this as a word that should be used instead of the word "American", which could also refer to citizens of any country in North, South, or Central America. It did not gain wide acceptance: “the natural impatience of a citizen of the United States at the idea of the word American referring to any one except himself and his fellow citizens choked off any chance of life the expression [Usona] might have had at that time.”

Translations

 * Esperanto:
 * Russian: САСШ

Adjective

 * 1) of the United States of America