"USC" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} USC
  1. (law) Initialism of United States Code. Wikidata QID: Q1196092 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United States Code
    Sense id: en-USC-en-name-en:Q1196092 Categories (other): Law, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 35 2 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 45 28 3 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 35 2 16 Topics: law
  2. Initialism of University of Southern California. Wikidata QID: Q4614 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: University of Southern California Coordinate_terms: UC, UCD, UCSD, UCLA
    Sense id: en-USC-en-name-en:Q4614 Categories (other): Universities Disambiguation of Universities: 25 42 28 5
  3. Initialism of University of South Carolina. Wikidata QID: Q1024426 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: University of South Carolina Coordinate_terms: UNC
    Sense id: en-USC-en-name-en:Q1024426
  4. Initialism of United States customary [units, system]. Wikidata QID: Q1116609 Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism Alternative form of: United States customary [units, system]
    Sense id: en-USC-en-name-en:Q1116609
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