Americana
English
/əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/
plural noun
Definitions
- All things peculiar to the United States' culture and people, anything that is a symbol of American life.
- (music) An amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles.
Etymology
Suffix from English America.
Origin
English
America
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- America English
- American English
- Americaphobic English
- Americentric English
- Anglo-America English
- Aridoamerica English
- Mesoamerica English
- Mid-America English
- Oasisamerica English
- America Latin
- アメリカ Japanese
- Meiriceá Irish
- अमरीका Hindi
- अमेरिका Hindi
- อเมริกา Thai
- Amerika Cebuano
- Aimeireaga Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic
- အမေရိက Burmese
- 亞美利加 Chinese
- 美國 Chinese
- Amerika Swahili
- iMelika Zulu
- امریکا Urdu
- Amedka Marshallese
- mādke Marshallese
- iMelika Xhosa
- امریکہ Panjabi, Punjabi
- ਅਮਰੀਕਾ Panjabi, Punjabi
- မိူင်းဢမေႇရီႉၵႃႉ Shan
- Amirka Hausa
- امريکا Pashto, Pushto
- अमेरिका Nepali
- Amerika Yoruba