American
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search American (word) The meaning of the word American in the English language varies, according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used. It is derived from America, a term originally denoting all of the New World . It retains this Pan-American sense, but its usage has evolved over time and, due to various historical reasons, the word for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts.American(s) may refer to:
- A person or attribute of one of the nations of the Americas The Americas, or America, are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World, comprising the continents of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions. America may be ambiguous in English, as it is more commonly used to refer to the United States of America. The Americas cover 8.3% of the Earth's total
- A citizen or attribute of or from the United States ^ b. English is the de facto language of American government and the sole language spoken at home by 80% of Americans age five and older. Spanish is the second most commonly spoken language
- See also: People of the United States The people of the United States, U.S. Americans, or simply Americans or American people, are citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds. As a result, some Americans don't take their nationality as an ethnicity, but identify themselves with both their, Citizenship in the United States Citizenship in the United States is a status given to a legal member of the United States. It entails specific rights, duties, privileges and economic benefits including federal assistance. People become citizens automatically by being born in the United States[citation needed], known as birthright citizenship, or by a process known as, Names for U.S. citizens Different languages use different terms for citizens of the United States, who are known in English as Americans. All forms of English refer to these people as "Americans", derived from "The United States of America", but there is some linguistic ambiguity over this due to the other senses of the word American, which can also
- A person considered to be ethnically American (see American ethnicity American ethnicity differs from United States nationality. An individual's nationality is American if he or she is a citizen of the United States of America. The circumstances under which a person is ethnically American are less clear)
- The indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North, Central, and South America, their descendants, and many ethnic groups who identify with those peoples. They are often also referred to as Native Americans, Aboriginals, First Nations , Amerigine[dubious – discuss], and by Christopher Columbus' geographical and
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Organizations
- American Airlines American Airlines, Inc. is a major airline of the United States and is the world's second largest airline (behind Delta Air Lines) in passenger miles transported, passenger fleet size, and operating revenues. American Airlines is a subsidiary of the AMR Corporation and is headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, adjacent to its largest hub at Dallas/
- American Recordings record label
- American University American University is a private United Methodist-affiliated research university in Washington, D.C. The main campus is located at the intersection of Nebraska and Massachusetts Avenues at Ward Circle, straddling the Spring Valley, Wesley Heights, and American University Park neighborhoods of Northwest. Roughly 6,000 undergraduate students and 3,91 in Washington, D.C.
- Nashville Americans baseball team
- Tri-City Americans hockey team
Vehicles
- American, 4-4-0 Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-4-0 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles , four powered and coupled driving wheels on two axles, and no trailing wheels. The 4-4-0 is most commonly known as the American type due to the large number of this type that were produced and used there, railway locomotive
- Automobiles made in United States:
- American (1899-1916): See American (automobile)
- Rambler American The Rambler American is an automobile manufactured by the American Motors Corporation between 1958 and 1969. The American was the second incarnation of AMC's forerunner Nash Motors second generation Rambler compact that was sold under the Nash and Hudson Motors marques from 1954 and 1955, from American Motors Corporation c. 1960s
Other
- American cheese American cheese is a common processed cheese. It is orange, yellow, or white in color and mild in flavor, with a medium-firm consistency, and melts easily. American cheese was originally only white, but is generally modified to an orange color. It has traditionally been made from a blend of cheeses, most often Colby and Cheddar. Today’s American
- American English American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two thirds of native speakers of English live in the United States
- American McGee McGee began his career at id Software. He worked on such games as Doom, Doom II, Quake, and Quake II in the areas of level design, music production, sound effects development, and programming. In 1998, he moved to Electronic Arts, where he worked as a consultant on many projects and also created his own game, American McGee's Alice. After
- Americana Americana refers to artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of the United States. Many kinds of material fall within the definition of Americana: paintings, prints and drawings; license plates or entire vehicles, household objects, tools and weapons; flags, plaques and statues, and
- Americanum
- Americanus
See also
- All pages beginning with "American"
- America (disambiguation)
- The American (disambiguation)
- American people (disambiguation)
- American University (disambiguation)
- Native Americans (disambiguation)
- Pan-American (disambiguation)
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