Meanings
- not comparableOf, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
Obviously, Schmitt envisaged Nazi Germany as the Reich at the heart of the European great space, which he sought to shield from Anglo-American interference.
2026 January 16, Brendan Simms, “Has a Nazi theorist’s vision of a world divided into ‘great spaces’ found a new advocate in Trump?”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 16 Jan 20262 more examples
Bond grinned again as he thought of Damon's exasperation at having to dish out a lot of soft soap to Washington when he probably had plenty of other Anglo-American snarls to disentangle.
1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 89Indian woodworkers, from the obscure Virginia native John the Bowlmaker to the celebrated Mohegan preacher Samson Occom, carved not only the traditional bowls and spoons but also a flat-bottomed vessel specifically designed for Anglo-American tables.
2012, Bernard Bailyn, Philip D. Morgan, Strangers Within the Realm, page 135
- The English language as used in Britain and North America.
The assumption is that for a substantial part of the vocabulary, Anglo-American and Indian English coincide exactly.
2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 306
Origin
- EnglishAnglo-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
- Proto-Germanic*amalą
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
- Proto-Celtic*rīxs
- Proto-Germanic*rīks
- Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
- Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
- Proto-Germanic*haimaz
- Proto-Germanic*rīks
- Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
- ItalianAmerigo
- New LatinAmerica
- EnglishAmerica
- EnglishAmerican
- EnglishAnglo-American
Translations
Bengali ইঙ্গ-মার্কিন
- ইঙ্গ-মার্কিন (iṅgo-markin)of relating to England and USA
Catalan angloamericà
- angloamericàof relating to England and USA
Chinese Mandarin 英美的
- 英美的 (Yīng-Měi de)of relating to England and USA
Czech angloamerický
- angloamerickýof relating to England and USA
Finnish angloamerikkalainen, englantilais-amerikkalainen
- angloamerikkalainenof relating to England and USA
- englantilais-amerikkalainenof relating to England and USA
French anglo-américain
- anglo-américainof relating to England and USA
German angloamerikanisch
- angloamerikanischof relating to England and USA
Greek αγγλοαμερικανικός
- αγγλοαμερικανικός (angloamerikanikós)of relating to England and USA
Italian angloamericano
- angloamericanoof relating to England and USA
Japanese 米英
- 米英of relating to England and USA
Korean 잉글랜드계 미국인
- 잉글랜드계 미국인 (inggeullaendeugye migugin)of relating to England and USA
Portuguese anglo-americano
- anglo-americanoof relating to England and USA
Russian англо-америка́нский
- англо-америка́нский (anglo-amerikánskij)of relating to England and USA
Spanish angloamericano
- angloamericanoof relating to England and USA
Vietnamese Anh Mỹ
- Anh Mỹof relating to England and USA
Cite this entry
Anglo-American. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-American
“Anglo-American.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-American. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Anglo-American,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Anglo-American.
Source: Anglo-American on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.