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American
Adjective[C] Countable
pl: Americans
The term carries a strong duality depending on the geographic context. In most English-speaking countries, it is used almost exclusively as a shorthand for the United States, evoking images of capitalism, individualism, and global hegemony. In a scientific or geographical context, the word expands to encompass the entire Western Hemisphere. This creates a tension between the political identity of a single nation and the biological or geological identity of two vast continents.
Countable when referring to an individual person from the United States.