Meanings
Usanian1
alternative USAnian · alternative USA-nian · alternative US-anian
- not comparableOf or pertaining to the United States of America.
The fundamental principle of this fundamental Usanian document is that the sovereign citizens of separate governments establish a federal government.
1965, Keston College, editor, Frontier, volume 17, page 271 more example
In addition to a detailed analysis of the growth of 5 USAnian cities of metropolitan proportians—Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles— […]
1947, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, volume 13, page 41
plural Usanians · alternative USAnian · alternative USA-nian · alternative US-anian
- An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
Like Usanians in the last half of the 20c, Japanese in the middle part of the Tokugawa Era often exhibited a smug sense of superiority vis-à-vis foreign countries
2007, Robin D. Gill, The Woman Without a Hole—& Other Risky Themes from Old Japanese Poems, page 3421 more example
I remember Juan Trippe arriving at Croydon from Paris in a Handley Page Hercules, at which that great pseudo-Usanian Cy Caldwell had thrown the jeer that it embodied “ built-in head winds.”
1945, Charles Grey Grey, The civil air war, page 116Synonyms: American, Statesider, US-American, Usonian, United Statesian, US-ian, Usonan
USAnian2
- not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Usanian.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
Origin
USA + -an + -ian, parallel to Panamanian, etc.; or Usania + -an
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
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