American

Meaning

Noun

1. Any inhabitant of the Americas.
2. A citizen or inhabitant of British America.
3. Synonym of American Indian or Native American, an indigenous inhabitant of the Americas.
4. A size of type smaller than German, 1-point type.
5. A citizen or national of the United States of America.
6. (colloquial,informal) The dialect of English spoken in and around the contiguous United States of America.
7. American cheese.

Adj

1. Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people, or its culture.
2. Of, from, or pertaining to the Americas.
3. Of, from, or pertaining to British North America.
4. Synonym of American Indian and Native American, of, from, or pertaining to the indigenous inhabitants of the Americas.
5. Able to be exercised on any date between its issue and expiry.

Name

A township in Allen County, Ohio, United States.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kən/

Etymology

Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *amalaz
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 americānus.

Sentences

Chandler won , becoming known as the American middleweight champion .

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