Associations to the word «Americana»

Wiktionary

AMERICANA, noun. All things peculiar to the United States' culture and people, anything that is a symbol of American life.
AMERICANA, noun. (music) 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.

Dictionary definition

AMERICANA, noun. Any artifact (such as books or furniture or art) that is distinctive of America.

Wise words

To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common.
Friedrich Nietzsche