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 (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

" or "America" **

Americans Americans are the Citizenship of the United States, citizens and United States nationality law, nationals of the United States, United States of America.; ; Law of the United States, U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with Race (hu ...

, citizens and nationals of the United States of America **

American ancestry In the demography of the United States, some people 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 people. The ...

, 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 lang ...

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

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans (also called American Indians, First Americans, or Indigenous Americans) are the Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples of the United States, particularly of the Contiguous United States, lower 48 states and A ...

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

Americas The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America.''Webster's New World College Dictionary'', 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio. When viewed as a sing ...

, also known as "America" **

Indigenous peoples of the Americas In the Americas, Indigenous peoples comprise the two continents' pre-Columbian inhabitants, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with them in the 15th century, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with the pre-Columbian population of ...

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 American Airlines, Inc. is a major airlines of the United States, major airline in the United States headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas, within the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, and is the Largest airlines in the world, largest airline in the ...

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

American Athletic Conference The American Athletic Conference (AAC), also known as The American, is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the United States, featuring 13 full member universities and 6 affiliate member universities that compete in t ...

, an American college athletic conference *

American Recordings (record label) American Recordings (formerly Def American Recordings, Inc.) 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, ...

, a record label that was previously known as Def American *

American University The American University (AU or American) is a Private university, private University charter#Federal, federally chartered research university in Washington, D.C., United States. Its main campus spans 90-acres (36 ha) on Ward Circle, in the Spri ...

, in Washington, D.C.

Sports teams

Soccer

Baltimore Americans The Baltimore German was an American soccer club based in Baltimore, Maryland that was a member of the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League. After their first season, the club was renamed the Baltimore Americans. The America ...

, 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 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 ...

, a soccer team from 1927 to 1928 *

Miami Americans The Miami Americans was an United States Soccer Federation, American soccer club based in Miami, Florida that was a member of the American Soccer League (1933-1983), American Soccer League. The team existed for only the 1980 season and played the ...

, 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 team won the ASL championship in 1977, in its second year of existence. After the 1979 season, the cl ...

, 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 Allen Event Center, Credit Union of Texas Event Center in Allen, Texas, which currently plays in the ECHL. The team was founded in 2009–10 CHL season, 2009 in the Centr ...

, 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 based in Rochester, New York. They are the American Hockey League affiliate of the National Hockey League's Buffalo Sabres. The team plays its home g ...

, 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 Hockey ...

, an ice hockey team known from 1955 to 1958 as the Seattle Americans *

Tri-City Americans The Tri-City Americans are an American major junior ice hockey team playing in the Western Hockey League and based in Kennewick, Washington. Founded in 1966 as the Calgary Buffaloes, the team settled in Kennewick in 1988 after a number of re ...

, 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) American League East, East Division. Founded in as one of the Ameri ...

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

Nashville Americans The Nashville Americans were a minor league baseball team that played in the Class B (baseball), Class B Southern League (1885–1899), Southern League from 1885 to 1886. They were located in Nashville, Tennessee, and played their home games at Su ...

, an 1885–1886 minor league baseball team *

American League The American League of Professional Baseball Clubs, known simply as the American League (AL), is the younger of two sports leagues, leagues constituting Major League Baseball (MLB) in the United States and Canada. It developed from the Western L ...

, a professional baseball league organized in 1901 *

American Association (disambiguation) American Association may refer to: * American Association (1882–1891), a baseball major league active from 1882 to 1891 * American Association (1902–1997), a baseball minor league active from 1902 to 1962 and 1969 to 1997 * American Associat ...

, a name used by several professional baseball leagues

Basketball

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

, 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, an American football team from 1936 until 1937 *

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

, 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) 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 automob ...

, 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 ...

, by American Automobile Manufacturing Company founded in Missouri * American (1914 automobile), by American Cyclecar Company, 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 mergers and acquisitions, merger of Nash-Kelvinator Corporation and Hudson Motor Car Company on May 1, 19 ...

(AMC), automobile manufacturing company (1954–1988) *

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 Nash Rambler, Rambler that was introduced ...

, a compact line of cars by American Motors Corporation (1958–1969) * USS ''American'', several ships of the US Navy * 4-4-0, a classification of railway locomotive described as the American type

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

Places

American Canyon American Canyon (previously known as Napa Junction) is a city located in southern Napa County, California, United States, northeast of San Francisco, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. The 2020 United States census, 2020 census reported the c ...

, a city in Northern California * American Falls (disambiguation) * American River (disambiguation) * American Township, Ohio * American Township, a former township in

Sacramento County, California Sacramento County () is a County (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 1,585,055. Its county seat is Sacramento, California, Sacramento, which has been the List ...

Other uses

* American cheese, a type of processed cheese * American McGee (born 1972), American video game designer * American (''RuPaul's Drag Race''), a television episode