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title: "Why do we say \"United States of America\" instead of \"United States\" ?"  
description: "Why do we say \"United States of America\" instead of \"United States\" ?"  
author: "Gray  park"  
published: 2018-05-22  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/42839/why-do-we-say-united-states-of-america-instead-of-united-states  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Why do we say "United States of America" instead of "United States" ?

Why do we [say](https://yourviews.mindstick.com/view/80701/is-it-difficult-to-just-say-no) "United [States of America](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/32690/reasons-for-which-people-die-to-settle-in-the-united-states-of-america)" [instead of](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/330/triggers-in-sql-server) "[United States](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/41822/what-was-the-costliest-battle-in-the-history-of-the-united-states-marines-corps)" ?\
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