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Etymology

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From Amerī̆ca +‎ -ānus (-an).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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amerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective

  1. (New Latin) American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas)
    • 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13:
      America in ſeptentrionalem, Auſtralem & Insulas Americanas diſtribuitur.
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Declension

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First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative amerī̆cānus amerī̆cāna amerī̆cānum amerī̆cānī amerī̆cānae amerī̆cāna
genitive amerī̆cānī amerī̆cānae amerī̆cānī amerī̆cānōrum amerī̆cānārum amerī̆cānōrum
dative amerī̆cānō amerī̆cānae amerī̆cānō amerī̆cānīs
accusative amerī̆cānum amerī̆cānam amerī̆cānum amerī̆cānōs amerī̆cānās amerī̆cāna
ablative amerī̆cānō amerī̆cānā amerī̆cānō amerī̆cānīs
vocative amerī̆cāne amerī̆cāna amerī̆cānum amerī̆cānī amerī̆cānae amerī̆cāna