Anglo-American
Americanadjective
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belonging to, relating to, or involving England and America, especially the United States, or the people of the two countries.
the Anglo-American policy toward Russia.
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of or relating to Anglo-Americans.
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adjective
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Other Word Forms
- Anglo-Americanism noun
Etymology
Origin of Anglo-American
An Americanism dating back to 1730–40
Example Sentences
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And why wouldn’t they choose a more patriotic, Anglo-American artist?
From Los Angeles Times
I was about 12 years old on a family vacation to Italy when I found a Penguin Classic at an Anglo-American bookstore in Rome called “The Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe.”
“I thought we can make money if this place goes from terrible to bad,” said Bill Browder, an Anglo-American financier whose firm Hermitage Capital Management ran the biggest foreign investment fund in Russia.
And while Anglo-American lullabies are typically written in major keys, Gershwin chose a minor one—evoking the depth and dignity of such African-American spirituals as “Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child.”
This question, central to my book, mostly goes unaddressed in Mr. Simms’s piece, which merely repeats his argument that the Führer’s main concern was the Anglo-American world.
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