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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 primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
" or "America" ** Americans, citizens and nationals of the United States of America **
American ancestry American ancestry refers to people in the United States who self-identify their ancestral origin or descent as "American," rather than the more common officially recognized racial and ethnic groups that make up the bulk of the American peo ...
, people who self-identify their ancestry as "American" ** American English, 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, also known as "America" ** Indigenous peoples of the Americas *
American (word) The meaning of the word ''American'' in the English language varies according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used. ''American'' is derived from ''America'', a term originally denoting all of the Americas (a ...
, 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 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), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C.


Sports teams


Soccer

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Baltimore Americans The Baltimore German was an American soccer club based in Baltimore, Maryland that was a member of the American Soccer League. After their first season, the club was renamed the Baltimore Americans. The Americans won the Lewis Cup The Lewis Cup w ...
, the name of two soccer teams, one from 1939 to 1942 and one from 1942 to 1948 * Chicago Americans, a soccer team in 1972 * Dallas Americans, a soccer team from 1983 to 1985 * Hartford Americans, a soccer team from 1927 to 1928 * Miami Americans, a reincarnation of the New Jersey Americans in 1980 * New Jersey Americans (soccer), a soccer team from 1976 to 1979 *
New York Americans (soccer) The New York Americans were an American soccer club founded in 1931. Based in New York, New York, it played in both the first American Soccer League and second American Soccer League. History In 1931, Erno Schwarz, who had played for both the ...
, a soccer team from 1931 to 1956 *
Uhrik Truckers Philadelphia German-American was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League. Before the 1941/42 season the club became known as the Philadelphia Americans. ...
, 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

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American (1899 automobile) The American was an American automobile designed by Frank Duryea and manufactured by the American Automobile Company of New York City in 1899 to 1901. It was a "hydro-carbon carriage In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic comp ...
, by American Automobile Company, New York City *
American (1902 automobile) The American, often nicknamed as the American Gas, was a small gasoline-powered buggy manufactured by the American Motor Carriage Company in Cleveland from 1902 to 1903, and sold until early 1904. It was one of nearly two dozen American autom ...
, by American Motor Carriage Company, Cleveland *
American (1911 automobile) Founded in Kansas City, Missouri in 1908, the American Automobile Manufacturing Company acquired the Jonz Automobile Company of Beatrice, Nebraska in 1910 with a planned initial capitalization of $1,000,000. In early news releases, the company c ...
, by American Automobile Manufacturing Company founded in Missouri * American (1914 automobile), by American Cyclecar Co, Michigan * American (1917 automobile), built in New Jersey * American Motors Corporation * Rambler American, from American Motors (1958–1969) * USS ''American'', several ships of the US Navy * 4-4-0, a classification of railway locomotive


Music

* ''American'' (album), a 2017 studio album by RuPaul * "American", a song by Fish Karma * "American" (Lana Del Rey song), 2012 * '' AmericanEP'', 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 (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


See also

* * * America (disambiguation) * Armorican (disambiguation) * The American (disambiguation) * The Americans (disambiguation) * List of automobile manufacturers of the United States *
American Made (disambiguation) American Made may refer to: Music * ''American Made'' (The Oak Ridge Boys album), 1983 ** "American Made" (song), the title track from the album * ''American Made'' (Wakefield album), 2003 * ''American Made'', album by BoDeans, 2012 *"American M ...
* Pan-American (disambiguation) * Pro-American (disambiguation) *
Anti-American Anti-Americanism (also called anti-American sentiment) is prejudice, fear, or hatred of the United States, its government, its foreign policy, or Americans in general. Political scientist Brendon O'Connor at the United States Studies Centr ...
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