American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the "

United States The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country Continental United States, primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 U.S. state, states, a Washington, D.C., ...

" or "America" **

Americans Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Ame ...

, citizens and nationals of the United States of America ** American ancestry, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" **

American English American English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances ...

, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States **

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United States ...

, indigenous peoples of the United States * American, something of, from, or related to the

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...

, also known as "America" **

Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...

* American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts

Organizations

American Airlines American Airlines is a major US-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. It is the largest airline in the world when measured by fleet size, scheduled passengers carried, and revenue passeng ...

, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas *

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (The American or AAC) is an American collegiate athletic conference, featuring 11 member universities and five affiliate member universities that compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) ...

, an American college athletic conference *

American Recordings (record label) American Recordings (formerly Def American Recordings) is an American record label headed by producer Rick Rubin. The label has featured artists such as Slayer, the Black Crowes, ZZ Top, Danzig, Trouble, Tom Petty, Johnny Cash, The Mothe ...

, a record label previously known as Def American *

American University The American University (AU or American) is a private federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C. Its main campus spans 90 acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, mostly in the Spring Valley neighborhood of Northwest D.C. AU was cha ...

, in Washington, D.C.

Sports teams

Soccer

* Baltimore Americans, the name of two soccer teams, one from 1939 to 1942 and one from 1942 to 1948 *

Chicago Americans The Chicago Americans was an American soccer club based in Chicago, Illinois (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates ...

, a soccer team in 1972 *

Dallas Americans Dallas Americans was an American soccer club based in Dallas, Texas that was a member of the American Soccer League. After the ASL folded, the club joined the newly formed United Soccer League, which itself lasted two seasons. It is also the name ...

, a soccer team from 1983 to 1985 *

Hartford Americans The Hartford Americans was an American soccer club based in Hartford, Connecticut that was member of the professional American Soccer League. They joined the league in 1927, but were dropped early in the season to balance the league after the Phi ...

, a soccer team from 1927 to 1928 *

Miami Americans The Miami Americans was an American soccer club based in Miami, Florida that was a member of the American Soccer League. The team existed for only the 1980 season and played their home games at Tropical Park Stadium. History In late 1979, Joseph ...

, a reincarnation of the New Jersey Americans in 1980 *

New Jersey Americans (soccer) The New Jersey Americans were an American soccer club based in New Brunswick, New Jersey that was a member of the American Soccer League. The amateur team won the ASL championship in 1977, in its second year of existence. After the 1979 season, ...

, a soccer team from 1976 to 1979 * New York Americans (soccer), a soccer team from 1931 to 1956 * Uhrik Truckers, a soccer team known from 1941 to 1953 as the Philadelphia Americans

Hockey

Allen Americans The Allen Americans are a professional ice hockey team headquartered at the Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009 in the Central Hockey League (CHL) where they played ...

, a minor league hockey team *

New York Americans The New York Americans, colloquially known as the Amerks, were a professional ice hockey team based in New York City from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the second to play ...

, an ice hockey team from 1925 to 1942 *

Rochester Americans The Rochester Americans (colloquially known as the Amerks) are a professional ice hockey team in the American Hockey League; the team is an owned and operated affiliate of the Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home games in Rochester, New York, a ...

, a minor league ice hockey franchise in the American Hockey League (AHL) *

Seattle Totems The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in Seattle, Washington. Under several names prior to 1958, the franchise was a member of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (renamed the Western Hockey League (1952–1974), Western Hocke ...

, an ice hockey team known from 1955 to 1958 as the Seattle 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 Toyota Center. Every game is broadcast locally on the Tri-City Americans' flagship radio s ...

, a junior ice hockey team

Baseball

Boston Red Sox The Boston Red Sox are an American professional baseball team based in Boston. The Red Sox compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the American League (AL) East division. Founded in as one of the American League's eight ...

, a baseball team known from 1901 to 1907 as the Boston Americans *

Nashville Americans The Nashville Americans were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class B Southern League from 1885 to 1886. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Sulphur Spring Park, later known as Sulphur Dell. ...

, an 1885–1886 minor league baseball team

Basketball

Brooklyn Nets The Brooklyn Nets are an American professional basketball team based in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. The Nets compete in the National Basketball Association (NBA) as a member of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference. The ...

, a basketball team known in the 1960s as the New York Americans and New Jersey Americans *

Oakland Oaks (ABA) The Oakland Oaks were a charter member of the original American Basketball Association and the first West Coast basketball team to win a major professional championship. Formed in February 1967, the team played in the ABA during the 1967–68 and ...

, a basketball team known briefly in 1967 as the Oakland Americans

American football

Pittsburgh Americans The Pittsburgh Americans or Pittsburgh Amerks were a professional American football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1936 until 1937. The team was a member of the major-league American Football League and participated in the league's ...

, an American football team from 1936 to 1937 *

New York Yankees (1940 AFL) The New York Yankees of the third American Football League was the third professional American football team competing under that name. It is unrelated to the Yankees of the first AFL (and the National Football League), the Yankees of the seco ...

, an American football team known as the New York Americans in 1941

Vehicles

* American (1899 automobile), by American Automobile Company, New York City * American (1902 automobile), by American Motor Carriage Company, Cleveland * American (1911 automobile), by American Automobile Manufacturing Company founded in Missouri *

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 associat ...

, by American Cyclecar Co, Michigan * American (1917 automobile), built in New Jersey *

American Motors Corporation American Motors Corporation (AMC; commonly referred to as American Motors) was an American automobile manufacturing company formed by the merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 1954. At the time, it was the ...

Rambler American The Rambler American is a compact car that was manufactured by the American Motors Corporation (AMC) between 1958 and 1969. The American was the second incarnation of AMC forerunner Nash Motors' compact Rambler that was introduced in 1950 a ...

, from American Motors (1958–1969) * USS ''American'', several ships of the US Navy *

4-4-0 4-4-0 is a locomotive type with a classification that uses the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives by wheel arrangement and represents the arrangement: four leading wheels on two axles (usually in a leading bogie), four ...

, a classification of railway locomotive

Music

* ''American'' (album), a 2017 studio album by RuPaul * "American", a song by

Fish Karma Fish Karma (real name Terry Owen, born 1959) is an American punk rock/comedy rock/folk rock musician from Tucson, Arizona, United States. Biography Fish Karma has been called everything from Neil Young's bastard brother to the most horrible thi ...

* "American" (Lana Del Rey song), 2012 * ''

AmericanEP ''AmericanEP'' is an extended play by English electronica duo The Chemical Brothers, released in 2002 following the release of their successful fourth studio album ''Come with Us''. Track listing # " Star Guitar (Trisco La Funk dub)" – 7: ...

'', an extended play album by English electronica duo The Chemical Brothers * American Quartet (Dvořák), a string quartet by Antonín Dvořák

Other uses

* Americana (culture), artifacts related to the history of the United States *

American cheese Modern American cheese is a type of processed cheese developed in the 1910s made from cheddar, Colby, or similar cheeses. It is mild with a creamy and salty flavor, has a medium-firm consistency, and has a low melting point. It is typically ye ...

, a type of processed cheese *

American McGee American James McGee (born December 13, 1972)Birth record for American James McGee - Dallas, Texas, Birth Index, 1903–1997 - Ancestry.com is an American video game designer. He is best known as the designer of ''American McGee's Alice'', its ...

(born 1972), American video game designer *

American Canyon American Canyon (previously known as Napa Junction) is a city located in southern Napa County, California, northeast of San Francisco, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2020 census reported the city's population as 21,837. Its ZIP Code ...

, a city in Northern California