Usania

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ËŒjuːˈseɪniÉ™/

Origin

USA + -an + -ia, parallel to Araucania, etc.; or a backformation from Usanian

Full definition of Usania

Proper noun

1. The United States of America.
• 1971, Norman Ward, The star-spangled beaver Chapter Where But in Usania, Where but in Usania would a state delegation appear at a national convention pledged to support a man known to be ineligible for election?
• 2007, Robin D. Gill, The Woman Without a Hole—& Other Risky Themes from Old Japanese Poems, Burton, writing at a time when homophobia was as common in much of Europe as it remains in parts of the peculiarly Puritan Usania, felt he could not end his defense on a general note.

Synonyms

• USA, Usonia

Related terms

• Usanian