USA The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

is an abbreviation and country code for the United States of America. USA, U.S.A., or Usa may also refer to:

Arts and entertainment

Music

* ''USA'' (King Crimson album), 1975 * ''U.S.A.'' (Flatlinerz album), 1994 * '' SA' (Anamanaguchi album), 2019 * ''

U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta) ''U.S.A. (United State of Atlanta)'' (stylized on the cover as ''U.nited S.tate of A.tlanta'') is the fourth studio album by Atlanta-based rap duo Ying Yang Twins. The album debuted at No. 2 on the ''Billboard'' 200, with approximately 201,000 ...

'', a 2005 album by Ying Yang Twins * '' USA (Unconformable Social Amputees)'', a 2006 album by Saint Dog * " U.S.A. (Aiight Then)", a 2000 song by Mobb Deep * "U.S.A." (Da Pump song), a 2018 song * "USA", a song by Jeff Rosenstock from the 2018 album

POST- ''Post-'' (stylized in all caps In typography, all caps (short for "all capitals") refers to text or a font in which all letters are capital letters, for example: "THIS TEXT IS IN ALL CAPS". All caps may be used for emphasis (for a word ...

The United States of America (band) The United States of America was an American experimental rock band founded in Los Angeles in 1967 by composer Joseph Byrd and vocalist Dorothy Moskowitz, with electric violinist Gordon Marron, bassist Rand Forbes and drummer Craig Woodson. Thei ...

, a late 1960s American experimental rock band ** ''The United States of America'' (album), 1968

Other uses in arts and entertainment

* ''U.S.A.'' trilogy, three 1930s novels by John Dos Passos *

USA Network USA Network (simply USA) is an American basic cable television channel owned by the NBCUniversal Television and Streaming division of Comcast's NBCUniversal through NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment. It was originally launched in 1977 as Madison ...

, an American cable television channel

Businesses and organizations

Education

Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School Unionville-Sebewaing Area High School (USA High School) is a state school, public high school located in Sebewaing, Michigan, Sebewaing, Michigan, United States. It was formed in 1972 when Unionville High School and Sebewaing High School merged. ...

, Michigan, U.S. *

University of San Agustin The University of San Agustin – Iloilo, also referred to by its acronym (USAI or as San Ag), is a private, Roman Catholic, research, coeducational, non-profit basic and higher education institution run by the Augustinian Province of Santo Ni� ...

, Philippines *

University of South Alabama The University of South Alabama (USA) is a public research university in Mobile, Alabama. It was created by the Alabama Legislature in May, 1963, and replaced existing extension programs operated in Mobile by the University of Alabama. The first ...

, U.S. *

University of South Asia (Pakistan) The University of South Asia ( ur, ) or USA is a private university located in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan. It was established in 1987 as a computer training institution with the name of National College of Computer Sciences (NCCS). More than 100 ...

Other businesses and organizations

United States Army The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cla ...

, a branch of the United States Armed Forces *

United States Attorney United States attorneys are officials of the U.S. Department of Justice who serve as the chief federal law enforcement officers in each of the 94 U.S. federal judicial districts. Each U.S. attorney serves as the United States' chief federal c ...

, representing the federal government in United States district courts and courts of appeals *

Underground Service Alert Underground Service Alert (USA) is a non-profit mutual benefit organization that links the excavation community and the owners of underground lines. Underground Service Alert has two separate call centers for California: Underground Service Alert ...

, an organization in California, U.S. that coordinates the locating of underground utilities *

United Scenic Artists United Scenic Artists, Local USA 829, formerly known as United Scenic Artists of America (USAA), is an American labor union. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. It organizes designer ...

, an American labor union *

United Space Alliance :''In this article, USA refers to the United Space Alliance, not the United States.'' United Space Alliance (USA) was a spaceflight operations company. USA was a joint venture which was established in August 1995 as a Limited Liability Company ...

, an American spaceflight company * USA Funds, a nonprofit corporation

Places

Settlements

* Usa, Kōchi, Japan *

Usa, Ōita is a city located in Ōita Prefecture, Japan at the tip of Kunisaki Peninsula in northern Kyushu. Notable for the Usa Jingū, the head shrine of all 40,000 Hachiman shrines across Japan, the city annually attracts as many as 1.8 million wors ...

, Japan ** Usa District, Ōita, a former district * Usa, Russia, the name of two rural localities *

Usa River, Tanzania Usa River or Usaa River is a town and ward around to the east of the City of Arusha, the capital of the Arusha Region of northern Tanzania. Usa River is the district capital of Meru District. As of 2012, Usa River ward had a population of 23,437 ...

Rivers

Usa (Germany) The Usa is a river that is long in Hesse, Germany. It is right tributary of the Wetter, which it joins at the outskirts of Friedberg. Its source is in the Taunus mountains, near the town Neu-Anspach. The principal towns along the river are Usi ...

, a tributary of the Wetter in Hesse, Germany * Usa (Ufa), a right tributary of the

Ufa Ufa ( ba, Өфө , Öfö; russian: Уфа́, r=Ufá, p=ʊˈfa) is the largest city and capital city, capital of Bashkortostan, Russia. The city lies at the confluence of the Belaya River (Kama), Belaya and Ufa River, Ufa rivers, in the centre-n ...

in Russia *

Usa (Tom) The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territorie ...

, a right tributary of the Tom in Russia *

Usa (Pechora) The Usa (russian: Уса́; kv, Усва, ''Usva'') is a river in the northeast corner of European Russia that drains the Polar Urals southwest into the Pechora. The Polar Urals tend to the northeast and the Usa runs parallel to them. It is in th ...

, in Russia

Sports

U-S-A! "U-S-A!" is a chant of the United States of America's initials popular in expressing American pride and supporting American national sports teams. It is also used in other community events, such as at political rallies. Origins The first documen ...

, a chant *

USA Perpignan Union Sportive Arlequins Perpignanais, also referred to as USA Perpignan or Perpignan, is a French professional rugby union club founded in 1933 and based in Perpignan, in the Pyrénées-Orientales department. They compete in the Top 14, Franc ...

, a French rugby union club *

United Soccer Association The United Soccer Association was a professional soccer league featuring teams based in the United States and Canada. The league survived only one season before merging with the National Professional Soccer League to form the North American S ...

, a former soccer league in the United States and Canada

Other uses

* USA (brand), a cigarette brand of Liggett Group *

US-A Upravlyaemy Sputnik Aktivnyy (russian: Управляемый Спутник Активный for Controlled Active Satellite), or US-A, also known in the west as Radar Ocean Reconnaissance Satellite or RORSAT (GRAU index 17F16K), was a series of ...

(Upravlyaemy Sputnik Aktivnyy), Soviet reconnaissance satellites * Usa, a legendary patron of Egypt, according to the

Midrash Abkir Midrash Abkir (Hebrew: מדרש אבכיר) is one of the smaller midrashim, the extant remains of which consist of more than 50 excerpts contained in the Yalkut Shimoni and a number of citations in other works. It dealt, according to all accessib ...

Concord Regional Airport Concord-Padgett Regional Airport is a city-owned, public-use airport located seven nautical miles (13 km) west of the central business district of Concord, a city in Cabarrus County, North Carolina, United States. According to the FAA's ...

, in North Carolina, U.S. (IATA airport code USA) * , a Panamanian tanker ship, formerly ''Empire Lad'' *

United Supermarkets Arena United Supermarkets Arena (previously the United Spirit Arena) is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas. The 15,300-seat arena opened in 1999 and is home to the Texas Tech Red Raiders basketball, Texas T ...

, at Texas Tech University, U.S. *

Uniform Securities Act The Uniform Securities Act (USA) is a model statute designed to guide each state in drafting its state securities law. It was created by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL). The purpose of the Uniform Securitie ...

, an American model statute for drafting state securities laws