がっしゅうこく

Japanese

For pronunciation and definitions of がっしゅうこく – see the following entry.

【合衆国】 [noun] federal state [proper noun] Short for アメリカ合衆国 (Amerika Gasshūkoku): United States of America (a country in North America)

(This term, がっしゅうこく (gasshūkoku), is the hiragana spelling of the above term.)