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I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
Laura Bell Bundy

Meaning of "Americana" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF AMERICANA

Americana  [əˌmɛrɪˈkɑːnə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF AMERICANA

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Americana is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES AMERICANA MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Americana

Americana

Americana refers to artifacts, or a collection of artifacts, related to the history, geography, folklore and cultural heritage of the United States. Many kinds of material fall within the definition of Americana: paintings, prints and drawings; license plates or entire vehicles, household objects, tools and weapons; flags, plaques and statues, and so on. Patriotism and nostalgia play defining roles in the subject. The things involved need not be old, but need to have the appropriate associations. The term may be used to describe the theme of a museum or collection, or of goods for sale. The term can also be used to describe studies of American culture, especially studies based in other countries. Americana music is contemporary music that incorporates elements of various American roots music styles, including country, roots-rock, folk, bluegrass and blues, resulting in a distinctive roots-oriented sound.

Definition of Americana in the English dictionary

The definition of Americana in the dictionary is objects, such as books, documents, relics, etc, relating to America, esp in the form of a collection. Other definition of Americana is all forms of traditional music indigenous to America, and their modern variants.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH AMERICANA


Africana
ˌæfrɪˈkɑːnə
banana
bəˈnɑːnə
Botswana
bʊˈtʃwɑːnə
chicana
tʃiːˈkɑːnə
garner
ˈɡɑːnə
Ghana
ˈɡɑːnə
gymkhana
dʒɪmˈkɑːnə
icekhana
aɪsˈkɑːnə
Juliana
ˌdʒʊlɪˈɑːnə
kana
ˈkɑːnə
katakana
ˌkɑːtəˈkɑːnə
lana
ˈlɑːnə
Ljubljana
luːˈbljɑːnə
mana
ˈmɑːnə
marijuana
ˌmærɪˈhwɑːnə
nana
ˈnɑːnə
nirvana
nɪəˈvɑːnə
Tijuana
tiːˈwɑːnə
Tucana
tuːˈkɑːnə
Turkana
tɜːˈkɑːnə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE AMERICANA

American Samoa
American sign language
American Standard Version
American Standards Association
American trypanosomiasis
American Wake
American wigeon
American wirehair
American woodbine
American wormseed
Americanisation
Americanise
Americanised
Americaniser
Americanism
Americanist
Americanization
Americanize
Americanized
Americanizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE AMERICANA

Adana
ana
arcana
Cana
Dana
Diana
French Guiana
Guiana
Guyana
Habana
Havana
Indiana
Louisiana
major arcana
minor arcana
Montana
Prato in Toscana
rana
rusticana
Toscana

Synonyms and antonyms of Americana in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «Americana» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF AMERICANA

Find out the translation of Americana to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of Americana from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Americana» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

美洲
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Americana
570 millions of speakers

English

Americana
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

अमेरिकी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أمريكانا
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Americana
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

Americana
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আমেরিকানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

Americana
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Americana
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Americana
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

アメリカーナ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

아메리카나
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Amérika
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

Americana
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அமெரிக்கானா
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अमेरिकन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Americana
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

Americana
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

americana
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Americana
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

americana
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Americana
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Americana
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Americana
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

americana
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of Americana

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICANA»

The term «Americana» is very widely used and occupies the 6.999 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «AMERICANA» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «Americana» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «Americana» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about Americana

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10 QUOTES WITH «AMERICANA»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word Americana.
1
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
I am drawn to Americana, and I am drawn to gothic stories, and I love American gothic stories.
2
Laura Bell Bundy
I was kind of going that route with my country music. Indie country. Which would work, if I was playing on Americana stages. Unless I had a television outlet like 'Glee'.
3
Neko Case
I don't know anybody who doesn't hate being called alt.country. It just sounds like a website. I don't mind being called Americana, I don't mind being called country noir, or independent country is fine, but the words alt.country make me insane.
4
Bill Frisell
First I was a European-style player, then I was a downtown 'noise guy,' and now some people call me an Americana guy.
5
Arthur Godfrey
As corny as it may sound, my true goal was to crack the Americana market.
6
Tyler Hilton
I was in high school and I had an independent album out, and we kept sending that out, and I was doing shows. No one really dug it. It was very Americana and had a lot of folk elements in it.
7
Shia LaBeouf
Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime.
8
K. D. Lang
I never get tired of exploring Americana or country music, and I always have a little bit of a crooner in me that never seems to go away.
9
Clayton Moore
I think you're going to find out that westerns will be coming back. It's Americana, it's part of our history, the cowboy, the cattle drive, the sheriff, the fight for law, order and justice. Justice will always prevail as far as I'm concerned.
10
Robert Plant
Since I was a kid, I've had an absolute obsession with particular kinds of American music. Mississippi Delta blues of the Thirties, Chicago blues of the Fifties, West Coast music of the mid-Sixties - but I'd never really touched on dark Americana.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «AMERICANA»

Discover the use of Americana in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Americana and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Americana
Prosperous, good-looking and empty inside, 28-year-old advertising executive David Bell appears on the surface to have everything.
Don DeLillo, 2006
2
Black Americana: Price Guide
A comprehensive price guide for black Americana--from political memorabilia to kitchen figurines--includes photographs, descriptions, and prices.
Kyle Husfloen, 2005
3
Americana
A collection of the artists' work, taken around the country, but centered on Soap Lake, Washington.
Kristin Capp, 2000
4
Americana: The Americas in the World Around 1850 (or 'seeing ...
Dunkerley's majestic and unorthodox look at the Americas of the 1850s from an Atlanticist perspective: a re-appraisal, illuminated by court cases, of the first steps in American modernity.
James Dunkerley, 2000
5
Pox Americana: The Great Smallpox Epidemic of 1775-82
Elizabeth A. Fenn is the first historian to reveal how deeply variola affected the outcome of the war in every colony and the lives of everyone in North America.
Elizabeth A. Fenn, 2002
6
Americana: Historical Spotlights in Story and Song
The "Americana-Easy Reader" text follows the same stories & uses the same music cassette (optional) as the "Americana" text but is written for low-intermediate to intermediate learners. "Americana" is for intermediate to advanced learners.
Myrtis Mixon, Joan Ashkenas, 1996
7
Americana: Dispatches from the New Frontier
Americana gives us a sparkling mosaic of our country today, in all its wild and poignant charm.
Hampton Sides, 2007
8
Americanah
Fifteen years later, they reunite in a newly democratic Nigeria, and reignite their passion—for each other and for their homeland. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, 2013
9
From the Margin: Writings in Italian Americana
This volume of Italian Americana writings has been revised to include the lyrical voices of Mary Jo Bona, Peter Carravetta and Robert Viscusi; the prose writing of Mary Bucci Bush, Carol Maso, Ben Morreale and Anthony Valerio; and the ...
Anthony Julian Tamburri, Paolo Giordano, Fred L. Gardaphe, 1991
10
Our Vanishing Americana: A North Carolina Portrait
Endorsed by UNC President Emeritus William Friday, the book captures the heritage of North Carolinas Main Street from both a historical and a human perspective.
Mike Lassiter, Lee Grant, 2006

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «AMERICANA»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term Americana is used in the context of the following news items.
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Scotland's Americana day beaten by the wild wet
Scotland's Americana was due to feature horse-shoe throwing, Harley-Davidsons, hot rods and hot dogs in Padanaram near Forfar. But the ... «The Courier, Jul 15»
2
"When you think of Americana, this is it"
“When you think of Americana, this is it,” Johnson said. Ali Braboy is a student on summer break from the University of Illinois. She can be ... «LaSalle News Tribune, Jul 15»
3
Americana for the Fourth of July
I've never been a huge fan of the category of "Americana" music. Don't get me wrong, I like the music, it's the category that seems made up to ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
4th of July festivities underway in Miami Valley
Our reporters are also out in Centerville today for the annual Americana Festival. Weather is looking great for the festivities. The street fair is ... «WHIO, Jul 15»
5
People pack Centerville for Americana Festival
CENTERVILLE, Ohio (WDTN) — The 42nd Annual Americana Festival is expected to bring more than 70,000 to downtown Centerville for the ... «WDTN, Jul 15»
6
Ocean Grove filled with patriotism for July 4th parade
"It's a symbol of Americana — an old-fashioned celebration of the Fourth of July," said his friend, Charlie Lavin of Red Bank, who was in Ocean ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
7
The Record: Emerson Americana
THE Fourth of July weekend brings Americana to the forefront like no other time. The fireworks, barbecues and American flags displayed ... «NorthJersey.com, Jul 15»
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BSO's Americana Anticipated the Fourth
Tanglewood began its Independence Day celebration with an eve-of-the-Fourth BSO program entirely made up of Americana. The Canadian ... «The Boston Musical Intelligencer, Jul 15»
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Classic Americana rolls into Sweden's Power Big Meet vintage car …
A participant in a car is seen during the yearly Power Big Meet in Vasteras, Sweden on Friday, July 3, 2015. — Reuters picVASTERAS ... «Malay Mail Online, Jul 15»
10
Lderes en la Liga Americana
BATEO_MiCabrera, Detroit, .350; Fielder, Texas, .346; Kipnis, Cleveland, .342; JIglesias, Detroit, .320; LCain, Kansas City, .309; Pedroia, ... «New Zealand Herald, Jul 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Americana [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/americana>. May 2024 ».
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