American
noun/əˈmerɪkən/
/əˈmerɪkən/
- a person from America, especially the US see also African American, Anglo-American, Asian American, Central American, Native American
- (also American English)the English language as spoken in the US
Word Originfrom modern Latin Americanus, from America, which dates from the early 16th cent. and is believed to derive from the Latin form (Americus) of the name of Amerigo Vespucci, who sailed along the west coast of South America in 1501.
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