Americana

Definition

All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.

Etymology

From America + -ana.

Example Sentences

• "Today Coke exists as nostalgic brand, harking back to the day when the drink enjoyed its peak iconic stature. Coke now stands for 1950s Americana."
• "The Clovis Limit, her shop in Portobello Road, dealt exclusively in Americana."
• "Recycling Americana through predigested pop culture makes Monster Trucks seem indebted to Amblin movies of the ’80s, by way of the boy-and-his-car riff on those same movies Michael Bay half-assedly performed in the first Transformers."