# America vs Americana

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### America
*name · IPA /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kə/ · frequency rank #603*
A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas.

### Americana
*noun · IPA /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/ · frequency rank #21,991*
All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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