United States (disambiguation)
From Open Encyclopedia
United States may refer to:
Places:
- United States of America
- 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, a 1980 American television series.
- United States, a 1983 multimedia performance piece by artist Laurie Anderson.
United States also occurs as part of the following names, which are not typically referred to in an abbreviated form as just United States:
- United States of Belgium
- United Mexican States, the official name of Mexico.
- United States of Colombia, name held by the Colombia between 1863 and 1886.
- United States of Central America, a defunct 19th century federation of the nations of Central America.
- United States of Greater Austria was a successor state to the Austro-Hungarian Empire proposed by Archduke Franz Ferdinand.
- United States of Venezuela from 1864 to April 15, 1953;
- Republic of the United States of Brazil, the name of Brazil between 1889 and 1968.
- United States of Indonesia, name of the country from 1949 to 1950.
- United States of Europe, a political concept. A real-world counterpart is the European Union.
- 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 Earth in the TV Series Futurama
Others:
- The United States of Leland, a 2004 movie.
- "United States of Whatever", a song by Liam Lynch on his album Fake Songs.
- The United States of Earth, a group espousing a world without the United Nations.
See also: United Provinces
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