Pan-American

adjective

Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.

“urging pan-American cooperation”

Similar
pan-Am
OriginEnglish American ← New Latin America ← Italian Amerigo →
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Meanings

Pan-American1

adjectivePan-American (comparative more Pan-American, superlative most Pan-American)

comparative more Pan-American · superlative most Pan-American · alternative Panamerican · alternative panamerican · alternative pan-American

  1. Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.

    Synonyms: pan-Am

proper noun

alternative Panamerican · alternative panamerican · alternative pan-American

  1. historicalAn airline active in the United States from 1927 until 1991.

pan-American2

adjectivepan-American (not comparable)
  1. not comparableAlternative letter-case form of Pan-American.

    urging pan-American cooperation

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveCovering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.

Similar
pan-Am

Origin

Pan-American · adjective, proper noun

  1. Proto-Indo-European*peh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ph₂énts?
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pánts
  4. Ancient Greekπᾶς (pâs)
  5. Ancient Greekπᾰν- (păn-)
  6. Englishpan-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₃emh₃-
  8. Proto-Germanic*amalą
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₃reǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₃rḗǵs
  11. Proto-Celtic*rīxs
  12. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  13. Proto-Germanic*Amalarīks
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ḱey-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóymos
  16. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*tḱéytibf.
  18. Proto-Indo-European*tḱey-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*tḱóymos
  20. Proto-Germanic*haimaz
  21. Proto-Germanic*rīks
  22. Proto-Germanic*Haimarīksder.?
  23. ItalianAmerigo
  24. New LatinAmerica
  25. EnglishAmerica
  26. EnglishAmerican
  27. EnglishPan-American

From pan- + American.

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pan-American · adjective

From pan- + American.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Finnish panamerikkalainen
  • panamerikkalainencovering or representing all of the Americas
French panaméricain
  • panaméricaincovering or representing all of the Americas
German panamerikanisch
  • panamerikanischcovering or representing all of the Americas
Hindi अखिल अमेरिकी
  • अखिल अमेरिकी (akhil amerikī)covering or representing all of the Americas
Hungarian pánamerikai
  • pánamerikaicovering or representing all of the Americas
Irish Pan-Mheiriceánach
  • Pan-Mheiriceánachcovering or representing all of the Americas
Italian panamericano
  • panamericanocovering or representing all of the Americas
Polish panamerykański
  • panamerykańskicovering or representing all of the Americas
Portuguese pan-americano
  • pan-americanocovering or representing all of the Americas
Spanish panamericano
  • panamericanocovering or representing all of the Americas
Cite this entry
APA

Pan-American. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-American

MLA

“Pan-American.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-American. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Pan-American,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Pan-American.

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