American: Encyclopedia - American

American

American may relate to:

• the United States of America
• the Americas
• the 4-4-0 type of railroad steam locomotive

American may also refer to:

• a person of the United States
• a current or former resident of the Americas
• a native of the Americas
• American English
• a name in the United States for processed cheese
• the American option, a style of option contract that allows for exercise anytime before the maturity date

American may be a shortened form of:

• the American race, an obsolete 19th-century racial classification referring to the various peoples now called Native Americans or Amerindians
• different automobiles with the American marques, see American (automobile)
• American Airlines
• American Express
• American Motors
• American Recordings, a record label

Adapted from the Wikipedia article "American", http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American, used and available under the GNU Free Documentation License.