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Usona en · PROPN

Pronunciation

• /juːˈsoʊnə/ (US)

Etymology

An acronym of the United States of North America, 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".

Meanings

1. (dated) The United States of America.
   • Everything of value recording during recent years by British pharmacists has been incorporated in the monographs, and it is interesting to notice how freely the pages of our own only commentary on the British Pharmacopœia—'Pharmacopedia,' to wit—have been drawn upon for information. But this was only to be expected, since our brethren in Usona are nothing if not careful and judicious compilers. Much original work has doubtless been done by American pharmacists engaged in the production of the new national medicine-book, but the volume is, nevertheless, best described as an excellent compilation. 1905 July 15, “The New U.S. Pharmacopœia”, in The Pharmaceutical Journal, London, page 70:
   • Usona (U. S. of A.), a land that looked like a lost land to us two years ago, was our biggest buyer, says a local expert. 1899 August 3, “German letter (Chemnitz, July 15, 1899)”, in American Wool and Cotton Reporter, volume 13, page 924 [24]:

Forms

Deriveds

Usonia · Usonian · Usonan

Descendants

Usono

Translations (3)

eo Usono (United States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated)) · pl Usonia (United States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated)) · ru САСШ (United States of North America (obsolete, abbreviated))