Americana Definition

ä-mĕrē-känä
noun
Materials relating to American history, folklore, or geography or considered to be typical of American culture.
Americana are featured in the exhibit.
American Heritage
Books, papers, objects, facts, etc. having to do with the U.S., its people, and its history.
Webster's New World
The culture of America.
American Heritage

All things peculiar to the United States' culture and people, anything that is a symbol of American life.

Wiktionary

(music) An amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles.

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • American materials
  • pioneer stories
  • regional folklore
  • American history
  • Indian lore
  • local history

Origin of Americana

Americana Sentence Examples

  • The chief trees of the country are the aspen (Populus tremuloides), the ash-leaved maple (Negundo aceroides), oak (Quercus alba), elm (Ulmus Americana), and many varieties of willow.

  • The building houses an art gallery and historical museum, and a library of about 50,000 volumes especially rich in Americana.

  • Had a birthday party in the new downstairs bar last week and had a brilliant time, all americana and great margaritas.

  • Prominent among the storks is the great black-headed white crane, called the jaburd (Mycteria americana), which is found along the Amazon and down the coast and grows to a height of 42 ft.

  • The American parasite described by Stiles, and called Uncinaria americana (whence the name Uncinariasis for this disease) differs slightly from the Ankylostoma.

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Words Starting With

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Words Starting With A and Ending With A

Starts With A & Ends With AStarts With AM & Ends With AStarts With A & Ends With NA

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9 Letter Words9 Letter Words Starting With A9 Letter Words Ending With A