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EE. UU.
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Spanish
Alternative forms
es EE.UU.
es EEUU E.E. U.U. nonstandard
Etymology
Initialism of es Estados Unidos. In Spanish grammar, when making initialisms, if a word is in plural form, its starting letter is doubled.
Pronunciation
Estados Unidos
Proper noun
m-p EE. UU.
es US Q30 Estados Unidos<eq:United States>
es EU EUA
es Básicamente, los EE. UU. quieren que allí no aparezcan graves problemas que requieran la atención y los recursos que deben usarse en otras partes. Basically, the USA wants to keep serious problems from appearing there that would require attention and resources that should be used elsewhere.
Usage notes
Though the proper noun is technically plural, the United States is often construed as a singular:
es EE. UU. denuncia la actitud del Talibán. U.S. denounces Taliban position.