american

1. Of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture (synset 302938825)
   "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream"
2. Of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas (synset 302938616)
   "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna"

1. A native or inhabitant of the United States (synset 109758057)
   is a type of: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant - a person who inhabits a particular place
   subtypes:

   • asian american - an American who is of Asian descent
   • creole - a person descended from French ancestors in southern United States (especially Louisiana)
   • anglo-american - an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
   • alabaman, alabamian - a native or resident of Alabama
   • alaskan - a native or resident of Alaska
   • arizonan, arizonian - a native or resident of Arizona
   • arkansan, arkansawyer - a native or resident of Arkansas
   • bay stater - a native or resident of Massachusetts
   • bostonian - a native or resident of Boston
   • californian - a native or resident of California
   • carolinian - a native or resident of the Carolinas
   • coloradan - a native or resident of Colorado
   • connecticuter - a native or resident of Connecticut
   • delawarean, delawarian - a native or resident of Delaware
   • floridian - a native or resident of Florida
   • franco-american - an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
   • german american - an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
   • georgian - a native or resident of the American state of Georgia
   • hawaiian - a native or resident of Hawaii
   • idahoan - a native or resident of Idaho
   • illinoisan - a native or resident of Illinois
   • hoosier, indianan - a native or resident of Indiana
   • iowan - a native or resident of Iowa
   • kansan - a native or resident of Kansas
   • bluegrass stater, kentuckian - a native or resident of Kentucky
   • louisianan, louisianian - a native or resident of Louisiana
   • down easter, mainer - a native or resident of Maine
   • marylander - a native or resident of Maryland
   • michigander, wolverine - a native or resident of Michigan
   • gopher, minnesotan - a native or resident of Minnesota
   • mississippian - a native or resident of Mississippi
   • missourian - a native or resident of Missouri
   • montanan - a native or resident of Montana
   • cornhusker, nebraskan - a native or resident of Nebraska
   • nevadan - a native or resident of Nevada
   • granite stater, new hampshirite - a native or resident of New Hampshire
   • garden stater, new jerseyan, new jerseyite - a native of resident of New Jersey
   • new mexican - a native or resident of New Mexico
   • new yorker - a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)
   • north carolinian, tarheel - a native or resident of North Carolina
   • north dakotan - a native or resident of North Dakota
   • buckeye, ohioan - a native or resident of Ohio
   • oklahoman, sooner - a native or resident of Oklahoma
   • beaver, oregonian - a native or resident of Oregon
   • keystone stater, pennsylvanian - a native or resident of Pennsylvania
   • rhode islander - a native or resident of Rhode Island
   • south carolinian - a native or resident of South Carolina
   • south dakotan - a native or resident of South Dakota
   • tennessean, volunteer - a native or resident of Tennessee
   • texan - a native or resident of Texas
   • utahan - a native or resident of Utah
   • vermonter - a native or resident of Vermont
   • virginian - a native or resident of Virginia
   • washingtonian - a native or resident of the state of Washington
   • washingtonian - a native or resident of the city of Washington
   • west virginian - a native or resident of West Virginia
   • badger, wisconsinite - a native or resident of Wisconsin
   • wyomingite - a native or resident of Wyoming
   • puerto rican - a native or resident of Puerto Rico
   • yank, yankee, yankee-doodle - an American (especially to non-Americans)
   • appalachian - a native or inhabitant of Appalachia
   • new englander, yankee - an American who lives in New England
   • nisei - a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
   • southerner - an American who lives in the South
   • hispanic, hispanic american, spanish american - an American whose first language is Spanish
   • tory - an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
   • northerner, yank, yankee - an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War)
   belongs to: america, the states, u.s., u.s.a., united states, united states of america, us, usa - North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
2. The English language as used in the United States (synset 106960241)
   is a type of: english, english language - an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries
   subtypes: aave, african american english, african american vernacular english, black english, black english vernacular, black vernacular, black vernacular english, ebonics - a nonstandard form of American English characteristically spoken by African Americans in the United States
   same as: american english, american language
3. A native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country (synset 109757749)
   is a type of: denizen, dweller, habitant, indweller, inhabitant - a person who inhabits a particular place
   subtypes:

   • creole - a person of European descent born in the West Indies or Latin America
   • latin american, latino - a native of Latin America
   • north american - a native or inhabitant of North America
   • south american - a native or inhabitant of South America
   • mesoamerican - a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica
   • west indian - a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
   belongs to:

   • north america - the nations of the North American continent collectively
   • central america - the nations of Central America collectively
   • south america - the nations of the South American continent collectively

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