americanus

== Latin == === Etymology === From Amerī̆ca +‎ -ānus (“-an”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.mɛ.riːˈkaː.nʊs], [a.mɛ.rɪˈkaː.nʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.me.riˈkaː.nus] === Adjective === amerī̆canus (feminine amerī̆cana, neuter amerī̆canum); first/second-declension adjective (New Latin) American; of or pertaining to America (i.e. the Americas) 1723, Gervas Ludovicus Nicolaus de Oskierka, Theses ex universa philosophia quas ad majorem Dei gloriam & magnae Dei Matris Virginis Mariae honorem praeside R. P. Marquardo Rotenhan Societ. Jesu, Heidelberga (Heidelberg), section Continuatio globi terra quei in suas partes divisi, p.13: ==== Declension ==== First/second-declension adjective.