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Lin Chia-Chiao (1916-2013), Chinese-American physicist, astronomer and applied mathematician
Wang Lee-Hom (1976-), Taiwanese-American singer
Apple (American tech company)
Latin America / abbr. for 拉丁美洲
Jessica Alba, American actress
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(bound form) the Americas (abbr. for 美洲) / (bound form) USA (abbr. for 美國|美国)
South America
North America
Carnegie (name) / Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919), Scots American steel millionaire and philanthropist
American dollar; US dollar
America (including North, Central and South America) / the Americas / abbr. for 亞美利加洲|亚美利加洲
the Second (of numbered kings) / second generation (e.g. Chinese Americans)
Jack London (1876-1916), American writer
Europe and America; the West
offal / cooked minced offal / chop suey (American Chinese dish) / incoherent (information) / (derog.) asshat / jerk
throughout the United States / the whole of America
Massive Ordinance Air Blast (MOAB), or Mother of All Bombs, a powerful American bomb
Marilyn Monroe (1926-1962), American actress
Edison (name) / Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), American inventor and businessman
Central America
Wall Street, New York / by extension, American big business
American-style
Michael Jackson (1958-2009), American musician and entertainer
Disney, American entertainment conglomerate / Walt Disney (1901–1966), American animator and film producer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (American media company)
Ernest Hemingway (1899-1961), American novelist and journalist
Pan American
Morgan Freeman, American actor
the Stars and Stripes (US flag) / by extension, the United States of America / abbr. for Citibank 花旗銀行|花旗银行
a favorite of sb in power / a celebrity / American Indian
Pfizer, American pharmaceutical company
(American) Indian / native American / indigenous peoples of the Americas
America
Foster or Forster (name) / Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864), American composer
American (i.e. of US nationality)
Colombia (country in South America) / Columbia (name of various entities, mostly in the USA)
John Hawkins (1532-1595), British seaman involved in sea war with Spain / Johns Hopkins (1795-1873), American entrepreneur, abolitionist and philanthropist
Beyoncé (1981-), American pop singer
Dan Brown (American novelist)
South America
North America
Inca (South American Indians)
Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology)
American TV series (abbr. for 美國電視劇|美国电视剧)
Quentin (name) / Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
quarterback (QB) (American football)
the Chinese name of American computer scientist Donald Knuth (1938-), adopted prior to his visit to China in 1977
Appalachian Mountains in North America
Joan Chen (1961–), Chinese-born American actress and film director
Brzezinski (name) / Zbigniew Brzezinski (1928-2017), Polish-American academic and politician, US National Security Adviser 1977-1981
Chagas disease / American trypanosomiasis
Donald Trump (1946–), American businessman and politician, US president 2017–2021 and 2025– / see also 背後捅刀|背后捅刀 and 落井下石
Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China
Pang De (-219), general of Cao Wei at the start of the Three Kingdoms period, victor over Guan Yu 關羽|关羽 / Pound (name) / Ezra Pound (1885-1972), American poet and translator
Netflix, American entertainment company
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American poet, essayist, and philosopher
Maya (civilization of central America)
Soros (name) / George Soros or György Schwartz (1930-), Hungarian American financial speculator and millionaire philanthropist
US and UK / Anglo-American
Eileen Chang (1920-1995), famous Chinese-American novelist
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Lewin (name) / Kurt Lewin (1890-1944), German-American psychologist of the Gestalt school known for his field theory of behavior
Neumann (surname) / John von Neumann (1903–1957), Hungarian-born American mathematician and polymath
American Airlines
Stevia, South American sunflower genus / sugarleaf (Stevia rebaudiana), bush whose leaves produce sugar substitute
Voice of America (VOA)
Yo-Yo Ma (1955-), French-Chinese-American cellist
American Samoa
Jeremy Lin (1988-), Taiwanese-American professional basketball player (NBA)
American English
Dreiser (surname) / Theodore Dreiser (1871–1945), American writer
Noam Chomsky (American linguist and political activist)
football played with oval-shaped ball (rugby, American football, Australian rules etc)
US and EU / America-Europe
(American) cherry (loanword)
the New World / the Americas as opposed to the Old World 舊大陸|旧大陆 or Eurasia
Tupi (a group of Indigenous peoples of South America)
Mark Zuckerberg (1984-), American computer programer, co-founder and CEO of Facebook
America
Cessna (American aircraft manufacturer)
Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982
Isaac Asimov (1920-1992), American author and biochemist
Quentin Tarantino (1963-), American film director
Eva Mendes, American actress
John Leighton Stuart (1876-1962), second-generation American missionary in China, first president of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China
Iris Chang (1968-2004), Chinese American historian and author of "The Rape of Nanking"
Claire Lee Chennault (1890–1958), American military aviator and brigadier general, commander of the Flying Tigers 飛虎隊|飞虎队, a volunteer group that assisted China in resisting Japanese forces during World War II
the Three Worlds (as proposed by Mao Zedong), i.e. the superpowers (USA and USSR), other wealthy countries (UK, France, Japan etc), and the developing countries of Asia, Africa and Latin America
American football
Organization of American States
(coll.) an American; person from the United States
the West (Europe and North America) / countries of the Indian Ocean (traditional)
Pearl S. Buck (1892-1973), American writer known for her novels on Asian cultures, Pulitzer Prize and Nobel Prize laureate
William Faulkner (1897-1962), American novelist and poet
Brandon Lee (1965-1993), American actor, son of Bruce Lee
nickname of American singer Bruno Mars
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
Super Cup (various sports) / Super Bowl (American football championship game)
American Airlines

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