Americana
A·mer·i·ca·na/əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/noun
Americana is spelled A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A: 9 letters and 5 syllables (A·mer·i·ca·na). It appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, Americana means “All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in Americana?
| Letters | 9: A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N-A |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 5: A·mer·i·ca·na |
| In writing | 1.6 times per million words; the 22,073rd most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is Americana?
Americana appears 1.6 times per million words in written English, the 22,073rd most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce Americana?
- /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/
- /əˌmɛɹɪˈkɑːnə/
- /əˌmɛɹɪˈkeɪnə/
Americana has 5 syllables, split A·mer·i·ca·na in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-Americana.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What does Americana mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.
- 2
An amalgam of roots musics formed by the confluence of the shared and varied traditions that make up the American musical ethos; specifically those sounds that are merged from folk, country, blues, rhythm and blues, rock and roll and other external influential styles.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Where does Americana come from?
From America + -ana.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).