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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

Usanian en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • /juːˈseɪni.ən/

Etymology

USA + -an + -ian, parallel to Panamanian, etc.; or Usania + -an

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the United States of America.
    • The fundamental principle of this fundamental Usanian document is that the sovereign citizens of separate governments establish a federal government. 1965, Keston College, editor, Frontier, volume 17, page 27:
    • In addition to a detailed analysis of the growth of 5 USAnian cities of metropolitan proportians—Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles— […] 1947, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, volume 13, page 41:

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Usanian en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /juːˈseɪni.ən/

Etymology

USA + -an + -ian, parallel to Panamanian, etc.; or Usania + -an

Meanings

  1. An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
    • Like Usanians in the last half of the 20c, Japanese in the middle part of the Tokugawa Era often exhibited a smug sense of superiority vis-à-vis foreign countries 2007, Robin D. Gill, The Woman Without a Hole—& Other Risky Themes from Old Japanese Poems, page 342:
    • I remember Juan Trippe arriving at Croydon from Paris in a Handley Page Hercules, at which that great pseudo-Usanian Cy Caldwell had thrown the jeer that it embodied “ built-in head winds.” 1945, Charles Grey Grey, The civil air war, page 116:

Forms

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USAnian alternative lexicographic
USA-nian alternative lexicographic
US-anian alternative lexicographic
Usanians Number=Plur lexicographic

Relateds

Usania · Usonan · Usonian

Synonyms

US-ian · Usonian · US-American · United Statesian · Usonan · American