United States, America, USA
Proper noun and の adjective
べいこく
米国の大とうりょうの名まえを知っていますか。
Do you know the name of the president of the United States?
米国には元々何もきたいなんてしてなかったよ。
I never expected anything from the US anyways.
多くの人は、単にマクドナルドのスーパーサイズコンボのために米国に移住する。
Many people immigrate to the United States solely for the super-size combos at McDonald’s.
America is the country of rice. I guess this is from all those rolling plains and such we have. Another way to say America in Japanese is アメリカ, but this is another more formal (and older) way. "Rice Country" aka United States Of America, United States, America, or USA.
This is a jukugo word, which usually means on'yomi readings from the kanji. If you know the readings of your kanji you'll know how to read this as well.