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Americana

[ uh-mer-i-kan-uh, -kah-nuh, -key-nuh ]

noun

  1. (often used with a plural verb) books, papers, maps, etc., relating to America, especially to its history, culture, and geography.
  2. (used with a singular verb) a collection of such materials.


Americana

/ əˌmɛrɪˈkɑːnə /

plural noun

  1. objects, such as books, documents, relics, etc, relating to America, esp in the form of a collection
  2. all forms of traditional music indigenous to America, and their modern variants


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Americana1

An Americanism dating back to 1835–45; Americ(a) + -ana

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Example Sentences

His friend has dropped hat and cane in shock but the drawing shows stuff that an Americana collector nowadays would kill for.

Some 7,000 Confederates set sail for Brazil in the aftermath of the American Civil War, settling in a city called Americana.

And yet that just contributed to the local lore of the state as a repository for rugged Americana.

Where does a Latin America-born boy with a Cuban father living in Miami learn to get in touch with Americana folk roots?

These were the historic building blocks of a failed Pax Americana.

Those of Uncinaria duodenalis measure about 30 by 50 ; of Uncinaria Americana, somewhat more.

"I've been a collector of Americana," Bassett remarked, throwing open several cases.

They had been given those Americana roots, not primarily to dwarf them, but to insure them against damage from the cold winters.

Myriophyllum heterophyllum, Potamogeton foliosus, and Justicia americana common.

In Harpalus Latr., and Silpha americana, the four anterior ones are similarly formed in this respect.

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