why is USA translated into EEUU in Spanish?

Question

I thought the United States in spanish was Estados Unidos? So why do they write EEUU? Why twice?

thanks! My mom didnt even know and we speak spanish fluently!!!

Answer 1

Because in Spanish, words that are plurals often get abbreviated as a double letter. So it's Estados (states), Unidos (United), and because they are plural, they take a double letter. Other common examples are FFAA (Fuerzas Armadas, or Armed Forces), and AAEE (Asuntos Exteriores, or Foreign Affairs).

Answer 2

"Estados Unidos" is abbreviated as "EEUU" (also: EE. UU.) because in
Spanish the abbreviation for a plural item doubles the letter of the
abbreviation. The same is done, for example, with the abbreviation for
"Fuerzas Armadas" (= Armed Forces), which is "FF. AA.", indicating
that the abbreviation relates to a plural term.
The English language knows this custom too, albeit in a few cases
only. For instance, the abbreviation for "page" in singular is "p.",
while "pages" in plural are abbreviated as "pp.".
Sometimes, however, the abbreviation "EUA" (Estados Unidos de América)
for the United States is indeed used in Spanish, but not often.

Answer 3

It's like in English, the abbreviation for "pages" is pp.