English

Alternative forms

• USAnian, USA-nian, US-anian

Adjective

Usanian ‎(not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the United States of America.
   • 1947, Journal of the American Institute of Planners, volume 13, page 41:

     In addition to a detailed analysis of the growth of 5 USAnian cities of metropolitan proportians—Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and Los Angeles— […]

   • 1965, Keston College, editor, Frontier, volume 17, page 27:

     The fundamental principle of this fundamental Usanian document is that the sovereign citizens of separate governments establish a federal government.

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Usanian.

Noun

Usanian ‎(plural Usanians)

1. An inhabitant or citizen of the United States of America.
   • 1945, Charles Grey Grey, The civil air war‎, page 116:

     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.”

   • 2007, Robin D. Gill, The Woman Without a Hole—& Other Risky Themes from Old Japanese Poems, page 342:

     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

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:Usanian.

Synonyms

• American, US American, Usonian, United Statesian, US-ian, Usonan

Related terms

• Usania (perhaps a backformation)