Translation
American (person from the United States)
Word origin
Built from Usono, the Esperanto name for the United States, plus the member suffix -ano. Usono itself was borrowed from the early American coinage Usonia (from 'United States of North America'), the word Frank Lloyd Wright later made famous with his Usonian houses.
- Origin
- Esperanto derivation, American coinage
- Root
- Usono + -ano
- English cognates
- Usonian
Examples
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My new friend is an American.
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Many Americans are learning Esperanto.
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The American did not understand our language.
Esperanto splits what English blurs: is a citizen of the United States, while is anyone from the Americas, Canada to Chile. The precision is deliberate, and Esperantists are quietly proud of it.
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