American

Meaning

Noun

1. A citizen or national of the United States of America.
2. Any inhabitant of the Americas.
3. (historical) A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
4. (archaic) An indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.
5. (obsolete) An inhabitant of French or Spanish New World colonies.
6. (colloquial, humorous, informal) The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
7. (abbreviation, alt-of, clipping) American cheese.
8. A steam locomotive of the 4-4-0 wheel arrangement.
9. (US, dated, rare, uncountable) A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.

Adj

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.
2. (uncommon) Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.
3. (historical) Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.
4. (archaic) Of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.
5. (not-comparable) Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.

Name

A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.

Synonyms

Yankee

US citizen

American language

American English

US American

United Statesian

US-ian

Yank

Usonian

America

Usanian

white person

person from USA

American people

Anglo-

citizen of the United States

US

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English

United Stater

foreign

gringo

grins

Joe

westerner

american

American woman

Native American

North American

United States

Translations

americano

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americano

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américain

Amerikaner

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Américain

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americano

🇺🇸/🇲🇵/🇺🇲

Amerikaan

amerikanisch

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estadounidense

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americà

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Amerikanerin

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Amerikaans

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americana

statunitense

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Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

Etymology

Cognate with Latin: americānus

In summary

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *amalą
Proto-Indo-European *h₃reǵ-
Proto-Indo-European *-s
Proto-Indo-European *h₃rḗǵs
Proto-Celtic *rīxsbor.
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Amalarīksder.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱey-
Proto-Indo-European *-mos
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóymos
Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos
Proto-Germanic *haimaz
Proto-Germanic *rīks
Proto-Germanic *Haimarīksder.?
Italian Amerigoder.
New Latin Americalbor.
English America
Middle English -n
English -n
English American
From America + -n. compare Latin amerī̆canus.

Sentences

He was the only American to rule from within the National Palace .

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .

Doctor Pedro Malan was appointed to the Board of British American Tobacco p . l . c .

He was involved in script adaptation and dubbing for Latin American audiences .

The track listings for the British and American editions vary .

Barco is an acronym that originally stood for Belgian American Radio Corporation .