American
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" |
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(adjective) of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" |
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(noun) a native or inhabitant of America |
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Related Words: Creole, North American, South American, West Indian, native |
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(noun) a native or inhabitant of the United States |
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Related Words: African-American, Afro-American, Alabaman, Alabamian, Alaskan, Anglo-American, Arizonan, Arizonian, Arkansan, Arkansawyer, Bay Stater, Buckeye, Californian, Carolinian, Coloradan, Connecticuter, Cornhusker, Creole, Delawarean, Delawarian, Down Easter, Floridian, Franco-American, Georgian, Hawaiian, Hispanic, Hispanic American, Hoosier, Idahoan, Illinoisan, Indianan, Iowan, Kansan, Kentuckian, Latino, Louisianan, Louisianian, Mainer, Michigander, Minnesotan, Mississippian, Missourian, Montanan, Nebraskan, Nevadan, New Englander, New Hampshirite, New Yorker, North Carolinian, North Dakotan, Northerner, Ohioan, Oregonian, Pennsylvanian, Puerto Rican, Rhode Islander, South Carolinian, South Dakotan, Southerner, Spanish American, Tennessean, Texan, Tory, Utahan, Vermonter, Virginian, Washingtonian, West Virginian, Wisconsinite, Wolverine, Wyomingite, Yank, Yankee, Yankee-Doddle, denizen, dweller, inhabitant |
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(adjective) of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" |
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(noun) the English language as used in the US |
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Synonyms: American English, American language |
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Related Words: Black English, Black English Vernacular, Ebonics, English, English language |
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