Definitions for american
əˈmɛr ɪ kənamer·i·can

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:1.9 / 29 votes

1. Americannoun

   a native or inhabitant of the United States

2. American English, American language, Americannoun

   the English language as used in the United States

3. Americanadjective

   a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country

4. Americanadjective

   of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture

   "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"

5. Americanadjective

   of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas

   "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 7 votes

1. Americannoun

   An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.

   Every American's origin is, historically speaking, by immigration, if scientific speculation that points to a human origin in Asia and a migration to the New World over frozen Bering Strait turns out to be correct.

2. Americannoun

   A person born in, or a citizen or inhabitant of, the United States of America.

   She went from Mexico to the USA before she gave birth, so her child would be an American.

3. Americanadjective

   Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."

4. Americanadjective

   Of, from, or pertaining to the United States of America, its people or its culture.

5. Americannoun

   The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.

6. Etymology: *, or via Modified Latin Americanus with the same etymology.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. American

   American is a song by American singer and songwriter Lana Del Rey, taken from her third extended play, Paradise (2012), and the reissue of her debut studio album, Born to Die: The Paradise Edition (2012). "American" first appeared in a teaser trailer posted to her official YouTube account as a snippet.

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1. American

   American generally refers to a person, thing, or characteristic originating from or associated with the United States of America. It can refer to individuals who are citizens or residents of America, as well as cultural, political, or historical aspects related to the United States.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.0 / 5 votes

1. Americanadjective

   of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent: American Indians

2. Americanadjective

   of or pertaining to the United States

3. Americannoun

   a native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United States

4. Etymology: [Named from Americus Vespucius.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:1.0 / 4 votes

1. American

   a-mer′ik-an, adj. pertaining to America, esp. to the United States.—n. a native of America.—v.t. Amer′icanise, to render American.—n. Amer′icanism, a custom, characteristic, word, phrase, or idiom peculiar to Americans: condition of being an American citizen: devotion to American institutions. [From America, so called unfairly from Amerigo Vespucci, a navigator who explored a small part of South America seven years after the first voyage of Columbus.]

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1. american

   Quotes by american -- Explore a large variety of famous quotes made by american on the Quotes.net website.

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1. • Inhabitant

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'american' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #592

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'american' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1294

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'american' in Nouns Frequency: #1250

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'american' in Adjectives Frequency: #71

Anagrams for american »

1. in camera

2. amacrine

3. cinerama

4. camerina

How to pronounce american?

1. Alex

   US English

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   US English

   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

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   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

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   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of american in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of american in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of american in a Sentence

1. President Duque:

   All the members of the Organization of American States, we all defend democracy. And if you want to be a member of the organization, you have to defend democracies. So I clearly believe that the Summit of the Americas shall not be an instrument of non-democratic regimes to participate in order to try to get diplomatic legitimacy. I think no dictatorship shall participate in the Summit of the Americas.

2. Ray Mabus:

   It's a bigoted policy. It has not one shred of evidence behind it, in fact, all the evidence goes the other way. It goes against the basic American notion that it should be about what you can do and not who you are. ... To do this to patriots who are willing to serve -- not only willing, but eager to serve, who have raised their hands and said send me -- weakens our democracy and seriously weakens our military.

3. Merle Palacpac:

   Our framework has served as a model for GMO regulatory policy to other countries like Vietnam, Indonesia and even some Latin American countries, we have the first functioning regulatory framework in Asia. So I am sure whatever happens here, they are closely watching.

4. Lance Dutson:

   If you don't have the guts to push back on your own party when you see people doing something wrong, then you're going to end up owning it. And that's where Republicans are at the moment, we're in a weird place in American politics right now and LePage was definitely on the cutting edge of that.

5. Roee Kiviti:

   We're a family of four people where three have American citizenship and a 2-month baby that The State Department is refusing her a right to a birthright citizenship.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=american
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/American
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/american
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=american