Yhdysvallat
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From the prefix yhdys- and vallat.
Yhdysvallat pl.
- The United States (of America), the USA.
- When in a very official context, the full name of the country is Amerikan yhdysvallat – that omission is similar to the omission of "of America" in the English name.
- Unlike in other words in the same declension with Yhdysvallat, the genitive plural for this noun mostly used is the "old-fashioned" Yhdysvaltain, instead of Yhdysvaltojen. However, both of them are accepted, although the former is much more common.
Declension of Yhdysvalta (type kala)
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- adjectives: yhdysvaltalainen