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单词 norteamericano
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norteamericanon.adj.

Brit. /ˌnɔːteɪəmɛrᵻˈkɑːnəʊ/, U.S. /ˈˌnɔrdeɪəˌmɛrəˈkɑnoʊ/
Forms: also with capital initial(s).
Origin: A borrowing from Spanish. Etymon: Spanish norteamericano.
Etymology: < Spanish norteamericano (although this is first attested slightly later: 1847 or earlier) < norte north n. + americano Americano n.1, probably after North American n. In some instances (e.g. quot. 1910 at sense A.) < Portuguese norteamericano < norte north n. + americano Americano n.1, probably after Spanish norteamericano.
A. n.
In Latin American or Spanish contexts: a citizen or inhabitant of North America, esp. the U.S.; a North American.
ΘΚΠ
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [noun]
long knife1784
Yankeec1784
Yankee Doodle1787
Columbian1789
Brother Jonathan1816
norteamericano1839
United Statesian1845
Joe1947
Yanqui1969
1839 Southern Literary Messenger 5 514 A satisfactory parley ensued, in which we called ourselves Norte-Americanos, to which the guard replied, Ah, si!—Ingleses—English.
1850 U.S. Mag. & Democratic Rev. Oct. 343 The Mexican troops..summoned the whole population of Jalapa to witness the defeat of ‘Los Norte Americanos’.
1910 N. O. Winter Brazil & her People of Today i. 1Norte-Americano,’ politely suggested a Brazilian to me..and I accepted the correction. ‘We also are Americanos,’ he continued.
1947 Life 17 Nov. 14/1 So long as the imbalance can to some extent be alleviated by dollars brought in by visiting norte-americanos, Peru will remain, for foreigners, an isolated little haven of easy living.
1966 ‘E. McGirr’ Funeral was in Spain 84 ‘The strongarm boy?’ ‘Norte americano. Twenty-four. Around for two years.’
1997 World & I (Electronic ed.) 1 Apr. Resentment toward norteamericanos goes back to the ‘imperialist’ intervention of the mid nineteenth century when Monterrey was occupied by gringos.
B. adj.
In Latin American or Spanish contexts: of or relating to North America, esp. the U.S.; North American.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > named regions of earth > America > North America > [adjective]
North American1683
transpontine1891
norteamericano1979
the world > people > nations > native or inhabitant of America > native or inhabitant of North America > native or inhabitant of U.S.A. > [adjective]
American1775
Yankee1781
Native American1793
Yankeeish1818
Americanized1840
Yankeefied1846
all-American1909
Yanqui1929
norteamericano1979
1979 Business Week (Industr. ed.) (Nexis) 7 May 51 Spain also has an eye on the norte-americano market and hopes to use its base in Puerto Rico for exporting shoes and other leather goods to the U.S. duty free.
1985 J. A. Michener Texas v. 300 Maria..was satisfied..that her norteamericano husband was a good man.
1990 C. Holland Bear Flag (1992) xxi. 159 Norteamericano woman. Only, you know, not nice.
1998 Esquire Mar. 104/2 All around me were other norteamericano surfers, most of them East Coasters, living among the local people's cattle.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.adj.1839
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