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Anglo-American

Anglo-American adjective: of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.

Adjective

Anglo-American (not comparable)

  1. Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
    • Bond grinned again as he thought of Damon's exasperation at having to dish out a lot of soft soap to Washington when he probably had plenty of other Anglo-American snarls to disentangle.1954, Ian Fleming, “True or False?”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 89
    • Indian woodworkers, from the obscure Virginia native John the Bowlmaker to the celebrated Mohegan preacher Samson Occom, carved not only the traditional bowls and spoons but also a flat-bottomed vessel specifically designed for Anglo-American tables.2012, Bernard Bailyn, Philip D. Morgan, Strangers Within the Realm, page 135

Noun

Anglo-American (plural Anglo-Americans)

  1. An English-American; an American of English heritage.

Proper noun

Anglo-American

  1. The English language as used in Britain and North America.
    • The assumption is that for a substantial part of the vocabulary, Anglo-American and Indian English coincide exactly.2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 306

Anglo-American meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Malayalam and Vietnamese

Anglo-American in Tamil

ஆங்கிலோ அமெரிக்கர், ஒரு கூறுஆங்கிலச்

Anglo-American in Bengali

of relating to England and USA
ইঙ্গ-মার্কিন iṅgo-markin

Anglo-American in Malayalam

ഇംഗ്ലണ്ടും അമേരിക്കയുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടത്

Anglo-American in Vietnamese

of relating to England and USA
Anh Mỹ

Forms of Anglo-American

pluralAnglo-Americans

Origin of Anglo-American

From Anglo- + American.

Questions about Anglo-American

What does Anglo-American mean?
Anglo-American means of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain), and the United States or Canada.
What is Anglo-American in Tamil?
Anglo-American in Tamil is ஆங்கிலோ அமெரிக்கர், ஒரு கூறுஆங்கிலச். See Anglo-American meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is Anglo-American?
Anglo-American can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.

Words near Anglo-American in the dictionary

  1. Anglists
  2. anglo
  3. anglo concertina
  4. anglo-
  5. Anglo-America
  6. Anglo-American
  7. Anglo-Americans
  8. Anglo-Arabian
  9. Anglo-Arabians
  10. Anglo-Australian
  11. Anglo-Australians

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: Anglo-American (page history and authors); anglo-american (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Anglo-American (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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