American

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Related to the Western Hemisphere]

Syn. hemispheric, continental, Western, North American, Latin American, South American, Central American, Pan-American, inter-American.

In reference to specific countries: Canadian, Mexican, Belizean, Nicaraguan, Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Salvadoran, Salvadorian, Panamanian, Cuban, Haitian, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Venezuelan, Guianan, Brazilian, Peruvian, Ecuadorian, Chilean, Argentinian, Uruguayan, Paraguayan, Bolivian, Surinamese. In reference to the native peoples: Indian, American Indian, AmerIndian, Native American, Aztec, Mayan, Incan, Araucanian, Algonquian, Apache, Arawakan, Athabaskan, Carib, Cherokee, Chinookan, Choctaw, Cree, Creek, Dakota, Lakota, Hopi, Inuit, Iroquoian, Miskito, Nahuatl, Navajo, Olmec, Quechua, Seminole, Sioux, Siouan, Taino, Tanoan, Ute.

2. [Related to the United States of America]

Syn. republican, constitutional, democratic, patriotic, freedom-loving, Yankee.

n.

1. [A citizen of the United States]

Syn. citizen of the United States, United States national, Yankee, Westerner, Northerner, Southerner, Native American, American Indian, pioneer, Yank*, gringo*.

2. [An inhabitant of the Western Hemisphere]

Syn. North American, South American, Latin American, Western; see American ( modif. ) 1 .