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American/əˈmerɪkən/

▶adjective relating to or characteristic of the United States.

■ relating to the continents of America.

▶noun a native or inhabitant of the United States.

■ a native or inhabitant of any of the countries of North, South, or Central America.

– phrases
the American dream the ideal by which equality of opportunity is available to any American, allowing the highest aspirations to be achieved.

– derivatives
Americanism noun,
Americanization (or Americanisation) noun,
Americanize (or Americanise) verb,
Americanness noun.

'American' also found in these Oxford entries:

AAA - AAAS - ABA - ABC - Abnaki - açai - acetaminophen - achiote - ACLU - adder's tongue - AFL-CIO - African American - Afro-American - airfoil - air plant - AL - alcalde - Algonquian - Algonquin - all-American - alligator pear - allspice - all-wheel drive - aloe - aloe vera - alpaca - alpine - alstroemeria - alternate - Amerasian - American football - American Indian - Americano - American organ - American plan - Amerindian - Amex - Anasazi - angel's trumpet - Anglo - anise - annatto - anole - ANSI - anthurium - Apache - Apgar score - Appaloosa - Arapaho

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[ɑ:] sound as in "card" - American VS English pronunciation
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"a" with continuous "-ing" form in American English
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"African-American" or "Afro-American"
"American elite soldiers" and "America's elite soldiers"
"an" American word
"ay" sound before "ng" in American English
"cow" sound in American English
"er" in American English
"Flip" in American Slang
"I forget his address" to American people.
"Niño" in an american war context?
"Tube it" meaning to fail a test (American slang)
420 ? American seeking 420 help
52,359 [that were?] white, 3,153 [that were?] African American, ....
a greater sense of earnestness than she does the American
a jean/a trouser/a short American English?
a major issue to the motion picture association of american
A question for American English speakers from N.C. and S.C.
A/an: hypothesis? For American readers: AE [H]
about the definition of "American Spirit"
African-American
african-american slang
Afro-American, African-American
Afroamerican Vs. African American
all-American boy
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