| Definitions | American
noun
- An inhabitant of the Americas. More often this is specified as either North American, Central American or South American.
- A person born in, or a citizen of, the United States of America.
- (rare) The English language as spoken in the USA; American English.
- 1942, We sat down in the central square and drank coffee and a man came up and spoke to us in . " Rebecca West, Black Lamb and Grey Falcon (Canongate 2006, p. 756)
Translations: - Dutch: Amerikaanse(nl, Amerikaan, m, t-, nl)f
- French: Américaine(fr, Américain, m, t-, fr)f
- German: Amerikanisch , (more precisely) Amerikanisches Englisch
- Italian: inglese americano
- Spanish: m(es, estadounidense)f
adjective
- Of or pertaining to the United States of America, or w:Culture of the United States, American culture
- Of or pertaining to the Americas. More often this is specified as either "North American" or "South American."
Translations: - German: armerikanisch, (more precisely) US-amerikanisch
- Italian: americano, (more precisely) sudamericano, centroamericano and nordamericano
Etymology: From Modified Latin Americanus (America from Latinized name of Amerigo Vespucci, Italian navigator of 1512).
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