Meanings
alternative US American · alternative US-American · alternative USAmerican
- not comparableAmerican (of or from the U.S.).
Her first novel ... is set in the U.S. American Midwest"
1997, King-Kok Cheung, An interethnic companion to Asian American literature,, page 1772 more examples
To date, much of ICC research has been conducted by U.S. American scholars
2002, William B. Gudykunst, Bella Mody, Handbook of international and intercultural communication,, page 5Dominant U.S. American values", "most experts will agree that there is a dominant US American culture
2005, Alison Raymond Lanier & Jef C. Davis, Living in the U.S.A., (2005:9)
plural U.S. Americans · alternative US American · alternative US-American · alternative USAmerican
- A person from the United States of America.
To Mai, Aunt Mary is another role model, one who is a native-born U.S. American who knows the country's tricks
2005, Pauline T. Newton, Transcultural women of late twentieth-century U.S. American literature, page 1392 more examples
I've heard a Canadian say that citizens of the U.S. should really be called USians, but somehow I don't think it will catch on. Instead, if you talk about U.S. Americans, Canadians, Brazilians, and so on, nobody should be offended.
2004, Gwyneth Olofsson, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh—: cultural Q&As for successful business behavior around the world, page 56Her answer, in its entirety, was: “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”
2007, Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herselfhttps://www.today.com/news/miss-south-carolina-teen-usa-explains-herself-1C9014791, today.comSynonyms: American, American, Statesider, Americunt, Ameritard, Seppo, septic, United Statesian
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA person from the United States of America.
Translations
Bengali মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রীয়, মার্কিন
- মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্রীয় (markin juktoraśṭriẏo)of, from or relating to the United States of America
- মার্কিন (markin)person from the United States of America
Catalan estatunidenc, estatunidenca
- estatunidencof, from or relating to the United States of America
- estatunidencaof, from or relating to the United States of America
- estatunidencperson from the United States of America
- estatunidencaperson from the United States of America
Esperanto usona, usonano
- usonaof, from or relating to the United States of America
- usonanoperson from the United States of America
Finnish yhdysvaltalainen, yhdysvaltalainen
- yhdysvaltalainenof, from or relating to the United States of America
- yhdysvaltalainenperson from the United States of America
French états-unien, états-unienne
- états-unienof, from or relating to the United States of America
- états-unienneof, from or relating to the United States of America
- états-unienperson from the United States of America
- états-unienneperson from the United States of America
- étatsunienperson from the United States of America
- étatsunienneperson from the United States of America
- étasunienperson from the United States of America
- étasunienneperson from the United States of America
German US-amerikanisch, US-Amerikaner
- US-amerikanischof, from or relating to the United States of America
- US-Amerikanerperson from the United States of America
- US-Amerikanerinperson from the United States of America
Hebrew אמריקני
- אמריקניof, from or relating to the United States of America
Italian statunitense, statunitense
- statunitenseof, from or relating to the United States of America
- statunitenseperson from the United States of America
Norwegian Bokmål USA-amerikansk, USA-amerikaner
- USA-amerikanskof, from or relating to the United States of America
- USA-amerikanerperson from the United States of America
Portuguese estado-unidense, americano
- estado-unidenseof, from or relating to the United States of America
- americanoperson from the United States of America
- norte-americanoperson from the United States of America
- estado-unidenseperson from the United States of America
Russian шта́товский, соединённошта́тский
- шта́товский (štátovskij)of, from or relating to the United States of America
- соединённошта́тский (sojedinjonnoštátskij)of, from or relating to the United States of America
Spanish estadounidense, usamericano
- estadounidenseof, from or relating to the United States of America
- usamericanoof, from or relating to the United States of America
- estadounidenseperson from the United States of America
- estadunidenseperson from the United States of America
Swahili -marekani, mmarekani
- -marekaniof, from or relating to the United States of America
- mmarekaniperson from the United States of America
Cite this entry
U.S. American. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/U.S.%20American
“U.S. American.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/U.S.%20American. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “U.S. American,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/U.S.%20American.
Source: U.S. American on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.