usamericanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

形容詞

U.S. American (not comparable)

1. American (of or from the U.S.).
   • 1997, King-Kok Cheung, An interethnic companion to Asian American literature,, page 177:

     Her first novel ... is set in the U.S. American Midwest"

   • 2002, William B. Gudykunst, Bella Mody, Handbook of international and intercultural communication,, page 5:

     To date, much of ICC research has been conducted by U.S. American scholars

   • 2005, Alison Raymond Lanier & Jef C. Davis, Living in the U.S.A., (2005:9)

     Dominant U.S. American values", "most experts will agree that there is a dominant US American culture

名詞

U.S. American (plural U.S. Americans)

1. A person from the United States of America.

   Synonyms: American; see also Thesaurus:American

   • 2004, Gwyneth Olofsson, When in Rome or Rio or Riyadh—: cultural Q&As for successful business behavior around the world, page 56:

     I've heard a Canadian say that citizens of the U.S. should really be called USians, but somehow I don't think it will catch on. Instead, if you talk about U.S. Americans, Canadians, Brazilians, and so on, nobody should be offended.

   • 2005, Pauline T. Newton, Transcultural women of late twentieth-century U.S. American literature, page 139:

     To Mai, Aunt Mary is another role model, one who is a native-born U.S. American who knows the country's tricks

   • 2007, Miss South Carolina Teen USA explains herself[1], today.com:

     Her answer, in its entirety, was: “I personally believe that U.S. Americans are unable to do so because, uhmmm, some people out there in our nation don't have maps and uh, I believe that our, I, education like such as, uh, South Africa, and uh, the Iraq, everywhere like such as, and I believe that they should, uhhh, our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us.”

使用する際の注意点

• The usual neutral term used to refer to citizens of the United States is American.

同意語

• Yank, Yankee, United Statesian, United Statian, US-ian, Usonian, Usanian, see Thesaurus:American

上位語

• North American
  • American

関連する語

• Central American
• South American