We use the word prawn in the US. It usually refers to a large shrimp (usually in expensive restaurants). It is also synonymous with shrimp in many Chinese restaurants around here.

I am, of course, only able to speak for the NY/NJ area. Prawn may not be in the vocabulary of the rest of the country.
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