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American - a native or inhabitant of the United States |
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dweller,
habitant,
inhabitant,
denizen,
indweller a person who inhabits a particular place
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the states,
u.s.a.,
united states of america,
us,
america,
u.s.,
united states,
usa North America and South America and Central America
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african-american,
african american,
afro-american,
black american an American whose ancestors were born in Africa
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asian american an American who is of Asian descent
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creole a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
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anglo-american an American who was born in Britain or one whose ancestors were British
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alabaman,
alabamian a native or resident of Alabama
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alaskan a native or resident of Alaska
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arizonan,
arizonian a native or resident of Arizona
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arkansan,
arkansawyer a native or resident of Arkansas
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bay stater a native or resident of Massachusetts
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bostonian a native or resident of Boston
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californian a native or resident of California
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carolinian a native or resident of the Carolinas
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coloradan a native or resident of Colorado
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connecticuter a native or resident of Connecticut
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delawarean,
delawarian a native or resident of Delaware
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floridian a native or resident of Florida
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franco-american an American who was born in France or whose ancestors were French
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german american an American who was born in Germany or whose ancestors were German
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georgian a southern Caucasian language with 3 million speakers and a long literary tradition
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hawaiian the Oceanic languages spoken on Hawaii
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idahoan a native or resident of Idaho
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illinoisan a native or resident of Illinois
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hoosier,
indianan a native or resident of Indiana
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iowan a native or resident of Iowa
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kansan a native or resident of Kansas
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bluegrass stater,
kentuckian a native or resident of Kentucky
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louisianan,
louisianian a native or resident of Louisiana
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down easter,
mainer a native or resident of Maine
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marylander a native or resident of Maryland
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michigander,
wolverine a native or resident of Michigan
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minnesotan,
gopher a native or resident of Minnesota
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mississippian a native or resident of Mississippi
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missourian a native or resident of Missouri
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montanan a native or resident of Montana
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nebraskan,
cornhusker a native or resident of Nebraska
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nevadan a native or resident of Nevada
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granite stater,
new hampshirite a native or resident of New Hampshire
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garden stater,
new jerseyan,
new jerseyite a native of resident of New Jersey
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new mexican a native or resident of New Mexico
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new yorker a native or resident of New York (especially of New York City)
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north carolinian,
tarheel a native or resident of North Carolina
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north dakotan a native or resident of North Dakota
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ohioan,
buckeye a native or resident of Ohio
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oklahoman,
sooner a native or resident of Oklahoma
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oregonian,
beaver a native or resident of Oregon
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keystone stater,
pennsylvanian a native or resident of Pennsylvania
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rhode islander a native or resident of Rhode Island
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south carolinian a native or resident of South Carolina
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south dakotan a native or resident of South Dakota
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tennessean,
volunteer a native or resident of Tennessee
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texan a native or resident of Texas
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utahan a native or resident of Utah
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vermonter a native or resident of Vermont
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virginian a native or resident of Virginia
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washingtonian a native or resident of the state of Washington
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washingtonian a native or resident of the state of Washington
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west virginian a native or resident of West Virginia
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wisconsinite,
badger a native or resident of Wisconsin
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wyomingite a native or resident of Wyoming
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puerto rican a native or resident of Puerto Rico
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yankee-doodle,
yank,
yankee an American (especially to non-Americans)
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appalachian a native or inhabitant of Appalachia
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new englander,
yankee an American who lives in New England
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nisei a person born in the United States of parents who emigrated from Japan
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southerner an American who lives in the South
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hispanic,
hispanic american,
spanish american an American whose first language is Spanish
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tory an American who favored the British side during the American Revolution
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northerner,
yank,
yankee an inhabitant of the North
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American - a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country |
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dweller,
habitant,
inhabitant,
denizen,
indweller a person who inhabits a particular place
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north america the nations of the North American continent collectively
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central america the nations of Central America collectively
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south america the nations of the South American continent collectively; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States"
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creole a mother tongue that originates from contact between two languages
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latin american,
latino a native of Latin America
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north american a native or inhabitant of North America
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south american a native or inhabitant of South America
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mesoamerican a member of one of the various peoples inhabiting Mesoamerica
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west indian a native or inhabitant of the West Indies
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adjektiv |
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American - of or relating to the United States of America or its people or language or culture; "American citizens"; "American English"; "the American dream" |
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American - of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American flora and fauna" |