Pan-American
adjective
Pan-American is an adjective meaning “Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled P-A-N-A-M-E-R-I-C-A-N.
What does Pan-American mean?
adjective
- 1
Covering or representing all of the Americas (both North America and South America), particularly with respect to events involving representatives of most or all countries in the Americas.
adjective
- 1
Alternative letter-case form of Pan-American.
urging pan-American cooperation
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of Pan-American
- more Pan-American comparative
- most Pan-American superlative
- Panamerican
- panamerican
- pan-American
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Pan-American in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense covering or representing all of the Americas:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | panaméricain |
| German | panamerikanisch |
| Portuguese | pan-americano |
| Spanish | panamericano |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.