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==Organizations== ==Organizations==
*] * ], U.S.-based airline headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas
* ], an American college athletic conference
*] record label
* ], a record label that was previously known as Def American
*] in Washington, D.C.
* ], in Washington, D.C.
*] baseball team

*] hockey team
==Sports teams==

===Soccer===
* ], the name of two soccer teams, one from 1939 to 1942 and one from 1942 to 1948
* ], a soccer team in 1972
* ], a soccer team from 1983 to 1985
* ], a soccer team from 1927 to 1928
* ], a reincarnation of the New Jersey Americans in 1980
* ], a soccer team from 1976 to 1979
* ], a soccer team from 1931 to 1956
* ], a soccer team known from 1941 to 1953 as the Philadelphia Americans

===Hockey===
* ], a minor league hockey team
* ], an ice hockey team from 1925 to 1942
* ], a minor league ice hockey franchise in the American Hockey League (AHL)
* ], an ice hockey team known from 1955 to 1958 as the Seattle Americans
* ], a junior ice hockey team

=== Baseball ===
* ], a baseball team known from 1901 until 1907 as the Boston Americans
* ], an 1885–1886 minor league baseball team
* ], a professional baseball league organized in 1901
* ], a name used by several professional baseball leagues

=== Basketball ===
* ], a basketball team known in the 1960s as the New York Americans and New Jersey Americans
* ], a basketball team known briefly in 1967 as the Oakland Americans

=== American football ===
* ], an American football team from 1936 until 1937
* ], an American football team known as the New York Americans in 1941


==Vehicles== ==Vehicles==
* ], by American Automobile Company, New York City
*{{USS|American}}, several ships of the US Navy
* ], by American Motor Carriage Company, Cleveland
*American, ] railway locomotive
* ], by American Automobile Manufacturing Company founded in Missouri
*''Automobiles made in United States:''
* ], by American Cyclecar Company, Michigan
**American (1899–1916):
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***] * ] (AMC), automobile manufacturing company (1954–1988)
* ], a compact line of cars by American Motors Corporation (1958–1969)
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* ], several ships of the US Navy
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* ], a classification of railway locomotive described as the American type
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==Other== ==Music==
* ], a 2017 studio album by RuPaul
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* "American", a song by ]
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* ], 2012
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* '']'', an extended play album by English electronica duo The Chemical Brothers
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* ], a string quartet by Antonín Dvořák
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==Places==
* ], a city in Northern California
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==Other uses==
* ], a type of processed cheese
* ] (born 1972), American video game designer
* ], a television episode


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Latest revision as of 03:54, 12 November 2024

American(s) may refer to:

Organizations

Sports teams

Soccer

Hockey

Baseball

Basketball

  • Brooklyn Nets, a basketball team known in the 1960s as the New York Americans and New Jersey Americans
  • Oakland Oaks (ABA), a basketball team known briefly in 1967 as the Oakland Americans

American football

Vehicles

Music

Places

Other uses

See also

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