usonia

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Definition of usonia in English English dictionary

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

Frank Lloyd Wright's utopian vision of the United States

A one-word name for the United States of America that does not have the ambiguity of "America"

A community in New York state designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in his Usonian style

Synonyms

america, united states, usa, usania

Etymology

() Usona +‎ -ia (1969, Harvard Art Review, page v.3 no.2 p.43:) *“It has been suggested that Wright picked up the name on his first European trip in 1910 when there was talk of calling the U.S.A. 'U-S-O-N-A', to avoid confusion with the new Union of South Africa.” *:1984, John Sergeant, Frank Lloyd Wright's Usonian Houses: The Case for Organic Architecture, page 16: