США

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [sɛ ʂɛ ˈa] (phonetic respelling: сэ-ше-а́) (in careful speech)

• Audio:

  (file)

• IPA^(key): [sɨ ʂ(ɨ) ˈa] (phonetic respelling: сэ-ш(е)-а́) (in regular speech)
• IPA^(key): [sʂa] (colloquial)

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

США • (SŠA) m inan pl (indeclinable)

1. initialism of Соединённые Шта́ты Аме́рики (Sojedinjónnyje Štáty Amériki): USA (a country in North America)

Usage notes

• The traditional pronunciation uses the colloquial pronunciation of the letters С (S) and Ш (Š), /sɛ/ and /ʂɛ/, rather than their traditional literary pronunciations /ɛs/ and /ʂa/.

Descendants

• → Ingrian: SŠA

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• се-ше-а́: IPA^(key): [sɛ ʃɛ ˈa]
• сша: IPA^(key): [sːʃa]

• Audio; “сша” (“sša”):

  (file)

Proper noun

США • (SŠA) m inan pl (indeclinable)

1. Initialism of Сполу́чені Шта́ти Аме́рики (Spolúčeni Štáty Améryky).: USA (a country in North America)