English Explanatory Dictionary

Usonia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. The United States of America; a mononymous name for the country that does not convey the ambiguity of "America".
  2. A utopian vision of the United States according to Frank Lloyd Wright.
  3. A community in New York State designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style.
  4. In geopolitical and international economic modeling, a prototype superpower that, in competing with an antagonistic superpower Russonia (the Soviet Union), allows Thirdonia (a hypothetical neutral Third World country) to extract considerable wealth from both.

Pronunciation

/juːˈsəʊ.ni.ə/ /juˈsoʊ.ni.ə/

Word forms

Usonia

Etymology

From Usona (acronym of the United States of North America) + -ia. The word is known today primarily due to the writings of Frank Lloyd Wright, who first used it in 1925. However, it was used (and perhaps coined) by James Law in 1903 (see quotation below), before it is thought Wright was exposed to it.

Synonyms

America United States USA Usania

Derived words

Usonian Russonia Thirdonia

Translations

Chinese: 美國 /美国 Chinese: 美国 Esperanto: Usono Japanese: 米国 Korean: 미국 Polish: Usonia Swahili: Marekani Vietnamese: Hoa Kỳ
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