Anglo-American

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Anglo-American may refer to:

• English American, a North American of English heritage, origin, or background
• Pertaining to Anglo-America, a term denoting an area of mixed English and American influence or heritage, or those parts of or groups within the Americas which have a tie to or which are influenced by England; or simply English-speaking America.
• The Anglo-American ethnic group, a person who is European American or English Canadian.
• Sometimes used to jointly describe the United States and the United Kingdom; see Anglo-American relations
• "An American, especially a citizen of the United States, of English origin or descent" (source: Merriam Webster's New International Dictionary, Second Edition. 1961. p. 103. )
• "Of, belonging to, or involving both England (or Britain) and America." (source: Oxford English Dictionary [1])

Some examples of usage include:

• Anglo American plc, one of the largest mining conglomerates in the world
• Anglo-American Film Corporation, film production and distribution company, mainly active in the 1940s
• AACR2 or the Anglo-American Cataloging Rules, 2nd Edition, a standard in the library industry for cataloging books and resources.

See also

• American English (disambiguation)

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