American may refer to:

• A person or attribute of the Americas, the lands and regions of the Western Hemisphere
• A person or attribute of the United States of America
• 4-4-0, a type of railroad steam locomotive
• American McGee

It may also be a shortened form of:

• American English
• Processed cheese, sometimes called American cheese
• American option, a style of option contract that allows for exercise anytime before the maturity date
• Indigenous peoples of the Americas, often known as Native Americans, American Indians, and Amerindians among others
• American Airlines
• American Express
• American Motors Corporation
• American Recordings, a record label
• American University

Several automobiles carried the American marque:

• American (1899 automobile)
• American (1902 automobile)
• American (1916 automobile)
• Rambler American

See also

• Use of the word American
• America (disambiguation)
• Americas (terminology)

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