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American(s) may refer to:
  • A person or attribute of one of the nations of the Americas
    Americas
    The Americas, or America , are lands in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. In English, the plural form the Americas is often used to refer to the landmasses of North America and South America with their associated islands and regions, while the singular form America is primarily...

  • A citizen or attribute of or from the United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    • See also: Americans
      Americans
      The people of the United States, also known as simply Americans or American people, are the inhabitants or citizens of the United States. The United States is a multi-ethnic nation, home to people of different ethnic and national backgrounds...

      , Citizenship in the United States
      Citizenship in the United States
      Citizenship in the United States is a status given to individuals that entails specific rights, duties, privileges, and benefits between the United States and the individual...

      , Names for United States citizens
  • The indigenous peoples of the Americas
    Indigenous peoples of the Americas
    The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans...

  • A person considered to be ethnically American (see American ethnicity
    American ethnicity
    American ethnicity differs from United States nationality. An individual's nationality is American if he or she is a national of the United States of America. The circumstances under which a person is ethnically American are less clear....

    )




Organizations

  • American Airlines
    American Airlines
    American Airlines, Inc. is the world's fourth-largest airline in passenger miles transported 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/Fort Worth International Airport...

  • American Recordings record label
  • American University
    American University
    American University is a private, Methodist, liberal arts, and research university in Washington, D.C. The university was chartered by an Act of Congress on December 5, 1892 as "The American University", which was approved by President Benjamin Harrison on February 24, 1893...

     in Washington, D.C.
  • Nashville Americans
    Nashville Americans
    The Nashville Americans were a minor league baseball team of the Southern League from 1885 to 1886. The team was one of eight charter members of the newly formed league. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee and played home games at Athletic Park, which was opened in 1885...

     baseball team
  • Tri-City Americans
    Tri-City Americans
    The Tri-City Americans are a major junior ice hockey team of the Western Hockey League, based in Kennewick, Washington. The team plays its home games at the Toyota Center...

     hockey team

Vehicles

, several ships of the US Navy
  • American, 4-4-0
    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...

     railway locomotive
  • Automobiles made in United States:
    • American (1899–1916):
      • American (1899 automobile)
        American (1899 automobile)
        The American was an American automobile manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899. It was a "hydro-carbon carriage" which could be started from the seat by its chain-and-sprocket gearing....

      • American (1902 automobile)
        American (1902 automobile)
        The American was a wheel-steered gas buggy manufactured in Cleveland from 1902 to 1903. It was the second of three American automobile marques to bear this name....

      • American (1911 automobile)
        American (1911 automobile)
        The American was produced by the American Automobile Manufacturing Co, New Albany, Indiana. It had a two-stroke engine from 1911 to 1912. After that, there is no record of passenger cars made by the company, though it made trucks into 1913...

      • American (1914 automobile)
        American (1914 automobile)
        The American was made by American Cyclecar Co of Detroit, Michigan in 1914. It had a 4-cylinder engine of 1.2 liters, and featured a friction transmission and chain drive. The headlights were inserted into the fenders, a feature later associated with the Pierce-Arrow.The make was superseded by the...

      • American (1916 automobile)
        American (1916 automobile)
        The American was an American automobile, built in Plainfield, New Jersey, manufactured from 1917 to 1924. The company also used names American Balanced Six or American Six, "Balanced" referred to its chassis, not the engine...

    • Rambler American
      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.The...

      , from American Motors Corporation (1958–1969)
  • America (1911 New York automobile)
    America (1911 New York automobile)
    The America was built by the Motor Car Co. of America, New York City, New York in 1911. It was available in five models, all with an L-head 4-cylinder engine giving off . The torpedo, capable of holding two passengers, had a long, low silhouette and a rounded aft-section. Unusually, these cars had...

  • American Motors Corporation
  • List of U.S. cars for even more marques that start with the word American

Other

  • American cheese
    American cheese
    American cheese is a 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 usually now modified to yellow. In the past it was made from a blend of cheeses, most often Colby...

  • American English
    American English
    American English is a set of dialects of the English language used mostly in the United States. Approximately two-thirds of the world's native speakers of English live in the United States....

  • American McGee
    American McGee
    -Career:McGee began his career at id Software, working on level design, music production, sound effects development, and programming in such games as Doom, Doom II, Quake, and Quake II. In 1998, he moved to Electronic Arts, where he worked as creative director on several projects, including...

  • Americana
    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,...

  • Americanum (disambiguation)
  • Americanus (disambiguation)

See also

  • America (disambiguation)
  • The American (disambiguation)
  • American University (disambiguation)
    American University (disambiguation)
    American University is a university in Washington D.C., United States.American University may also refer to:*American University of Afghanistan*American University of Antigua College of Medicine*American University of Armenia...

  • Native Americans (disambiguation)
  • Pan-American (disambiguation)

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