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 (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...

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Americans Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States of America.; ; Although direct citizens and nationals make up the majority of Americans, many dual citizens, expatriates, and permanent residents could also legally claim Ame ...

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

American ancestry American ancestry refers to people in the United States who 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 peo ...

, 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 varieties of the English language native to the United States. English is the most widely spoken language in the United States and in most circumstances i ...

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

Native Americans in the United States Native Americans, also known as American Indians, First Americans, Indigenous Americans, and other terms, are the Indigenous peoples of the mainland United States ( Indigenous peoples of Hawaii, Alaska and territories of the United State ...

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

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

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Indigenous peoples of the Americas The Indigenous peoples of the Americas are the inhabitants of the Americas before the arrival of the European settlers in the 15th century, and the ethnic groups who now identify themselves with those peoples. Many Indigenous peoples of the A ...

* American (word), for analysis and history of the meanings in various contexts

Organizations

* American Airlines, U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas * American Athletic Conference, an American college athletic conference * American Recordings (record label), a record label previously known as Def American * American University, in Washington, D.C.

Sports teams

Soccer

* Baltimore Americans, 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, a soccer team from 1927 to 1928 * Miami Americans, a reincarnation of the New Jersey Americans in 1980 * New Jersey Americans (soccer), 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, a minor league hockey team * New York Americans, an ice hockey team from 1925 to 1942 * Rochester Americans, a minor league ice hockey franchise in the American Hockey League (AHL) * Seattle Totems, an ice hockey team known from 1955 to 1958 as the Seattle Americans * Tri-City Americans, a junior ice hockey team

Baseball

* Boston Red Sox, a baseball team known from 1901 to 1907 as the Boston Americans * Nashville Americans, an 1885–1886 minor league baseball team

Basketball

* Brooklyn Nets, a basketball team known in the 1960s as the New York Americans and New Jersey Americans * Oakland Oaks (ABA), a basketball team known briefly in 1967 as the Oakland Americans

American football

* Pittsburgh Americans, an American football team from 1936 to 1937 * New York Yankees (1940 AFL), 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), by American Motor Carriage Company, Cleveland * American (1911 automobile), by American Automobile Manufacturing Company founded in Missouri * American (1914 automobile), by American Cyclecar Co, Michigan * American (1917 automobile), built in New Jersey * American Motors Corporation * Rambler American, from American Motors (1958–1969) * USS American, USS ''American'', several ships of the US Navy * 4-4-0, a classification of railway locomotive

Music

* American (album), ''American'' (album), a 2017 studio album by RuPaul * "American", a song by Fish Karma * American (Lana Del Rey song), "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

Other uses

* Americana (culture), artifacts related to the history of the United States * American cheese, a type of processed cheese * American McGee (born 1972), American video game designer * American Canyon, a city in Northern California