American(s) may refer to: * American, something of, from, or related to the United States of America, commonly known as the " United States" or "America" ** Americans, 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 variety (linguistics), varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the Languages of the United States, most widely spoken lan ...

, the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States ** Native Americans in 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 and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas * American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts

Organizations

* American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, 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 Mother Hips ...

, 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 charte ...

, 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 = , coordinate ...

, 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 o ...

, a soccer team from 1983 to 1985 * Hartford Americans, 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), 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, a minor league hockey team * New York Americans, an ice hockey team from 1925 to 1942 * Rochester Americans, a minor league ice hockey franchise in the American Hockey League (AHL) * Seattle Totems, an ice hockey team known from 1955 to 1958 as the Seattle Americans * Tri-City Americans, a junior ice hockey team

Baseball

* Boston Red Sox, a baseball team known from 1901 to 1907 as the Boston Americans * Nashville Americans, an 1885–1886 minor league baseball team

Basketball

* Brooklyn Nets, a basketball team known in the 1960s as the New York Americans and New Jersey Americans * Oakland Oaks (ABA), a basketball team known briefly in 1967 as the Oakland Americans

American football

* Pittsburgh Americans, an American football team from 1936 to 1937 * New York Yankees (1940 AFL), 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 associa ...

, by American Cyclecar Co, Michigan *

American (1917 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. It was an assembl ...

, 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 an ...

, 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 po ...

, 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'', an extended play album by English electronica duo The Chemical Brothers *

American Quartet (Dvořák) American Quartet may refer to: * ''American Quartet'' (novel), a mystery novel by Warren Adler * String Quartet No. 12 (Dvořák) by Antonín Dvořák, nicknamed the ''American Quartet'' * American Quartet (ensemble), a vocal group that recorded ...

, a string quartet by Antonín Dvořák

Other uses

Americana (culture) Americana artifacts are related to the history, geography, folklore, and cultural heritage of the United States of America. Americana is any collection of materials and things concerning or characteristic of the United States or of the Ameri ...

, artifacts related to the history of the United States * American cheese, 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, a city in Northern California