Americana
Meanings
noun
- All things peculiar to the culture and people of the United States; anything that is a symbol of American life.
- 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.
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Etymology
From America + -ana.
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