# Americana

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˌmɛɹɪˈkænə/ · frequency rank #21,991

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
From America + -ana.

## Easily confused with
- **Americas** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/americana-vs-americas)
- **americano** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/americana-vs-americano)
- **America** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/america-vs-americana)
- **American** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/american-vs-americana)

## Common misspellings (12)
`aemricana`, `ameircana`, `amerciana`, `ameriacna`, `americaan`, `americanna`, `americcana`, `americnaa`, `amerricana`, `ammericana`, `amreicana`, `maericana`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/americana