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| 1. | [ adjective ] (United States) of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture | |
| Examples: | "American citizens" "American English" "the American dream" |
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| Related terms: | US | |
| 2. | [ noun ] a native or inhabitant of the United States | |
| Related terms: | inhabitant Southerner Yankee New_Englander Rhode_Islander Anglo-American Texan Tory South_Carolinian Floridian New_Yorker Californian Alabaman Virginian Puerto_Rican Louisianan Georgian Montanan Nevadan Franco-American North_Carolinian Hawaiian Arkansan Arizonan Oregonian Illinoisan Idahoan South_Dakotan Iowan Indianan new_jerseyan Nebraskan Bay_Stater New_Hampshirite Creole Vermonter North_Dakotan Ohioan Kentuckian Pennsylvanian Kansan West_Virginian Mainer Tennessean Coloradan Utahan Carolinian Yankee Washingtonian Washingtonian Michigander Wisconsinite Wyomingite Minnesotan Connecticuter Spanish_American Mississippian german_american bostonian Missourian Delawarean Alaskan African-American US | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas | |
| Examples: | "the American hemisphere" "American flora and fauna" |
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| Related terms: | America America | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas | |
| Examples: | "the American hemisphere" "American flora and fauna" |
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| Related terms: | America America | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (linguistics) the English language as used in the United States | |
| Synonyms: | American_language American_English | |
| Related terms: | English Black_English | |
| 6. | [ noun ] a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country | |
| Related terms: | inhabitant native West_Indian North_American Creole South_American mesoamerican north_america south_america | |
| Similar spelling: |
Americana America Americanize Americanism americanise Amharic americium amerce amoristic amerciable amercement Amerson |
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