| slovo | definícia |
american
(mass) | American
- Americký |
american
(encz) | American,American n: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
american
(encz) | American,americký adj: |
american
(encz) | American,Američan Pavel Cvrček |
american
(encz) | American,Američanka n: Zdeněk Brož |
american
(encz) | American,indiánský adj: Zdeněk Brož |
american
(czen) | American,Americann: [jmén.] příjmení Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
American
(gcide) | American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), a. [Named from
Americus Vespucius.]
1. Of or pertaining to America; as, the American continent:
American Indians.
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2. Of or pertaining to the United States. "A young officer of
the American navy." --Lyell.
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American ivy. See Virginia creeper.
American Party (U. S. Politics), a party, about 1854, which
opposed the influence of foreign-born citizens, and those
supposed to owe allegiance to a foreign power.
Native american Party (U. S. Politics), a party of
principles similar to those of the American party. It
arose about 1843, but soon died out.
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American
(gcide) | American \A*mer"i*can\ ([.a]*m[~e]r"[i^]*kan), n.
A native of America; -- originally applied to the aboriginal
inhabitants, but now applied to the descendants of Europeans
born in America, and especially to the citizens of the United
States.
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The name American must always exalt the pride of
patriotism. --Washington.
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american
(wn) | American
adj 1: of or relating to the United States of America or its
people or language or culture; "American citizens";
"American English"; "the American dream"
2: of or relating to or characteristic of the continents and
islands of the Americas; "the American hemisphere"; "American
flora and fauna"
n 1: a native or inhabitant of the United States
2: the English language as used in the United States [syn:
American English, American language, American]
3: a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central
American or South American country |
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afroamerican
(mass) | Afro-American
- afroamerický |
american samoa
(mass) | American Samoa
- Americká Samoa |
americanism
(mass) | Americanism
- amerikanizmus |
angloamerican
(mass) | Anglo-American
- angloamerický |
antiamerican
(mass) | anti-American
- protiamerický |
latinamerican
(mass) | Latin-American
- latinskoamerický |
american standard code for information interchange
(msas) | American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASCII |
american standard code for information interchange
(msasasci) | American Standard Code for Information Interchange
- ASCII |
african american
(encz) | African American,Africký Američan |
afro-american
(encz) | Afro-American,afroamerický adj: Zdeněk BrožAfro-American,Afroameričan n: Zdeněk Brož |
all-american
(encz) | all-American,celoamerický Pavel Cvrček |
american dream
(encz) | American dream,Americký sen |
american federation of labor and congress of industrial organizations
(encz) | American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial
Organizations,americká federace práce a kongres průmyslových
organizací |
american film
(encz) | American film,americký film Zdeněk Brož |
american football
(encz) | American football,americký fotbal n: |
american indian
(encz) | American Indian,Americký Indián |
american man
(encz) | American man,Američan |
american plan
(encz) | American plan,Americký plán |
american revolution
(encz) | American Revolution,Americká revoluce |
american samoa
(encz) | American Samoa,Americká Samoa |
american sign language
(encz) | American Sign Language,americká znaková řeč Zdeněk Brož |
american woman
(encz) | American woman,Američanka |
americana
(encz) | Americana,město - Brazílie n: [jmén.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
americanism
(encz) | Americanism,amerikanismus n: Zdeněk BrožAmericanism,amerikanizmus n: |
americanization
(encz) | Americanization,amerikanizace n: Pavel Cvrček |
americanizations
(encz) | Americanizations,amerikanizace n: pl. Zdeněk Brož |
americanize
(encz) | Americanize,amerikanizovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
americanizer
(encz) | Americanizer,amerikanizovatel n: Zdeněk Brož |
americanizers
(encz) | Americanizers,amerikanizovatelé n: Zdeněk Brož |
americanizes
(encz) | Americanizes,amerikanizuje v: Zdeněk Brož |
americans
(encz) | Americans,Američané Zdeněk BrožAmericans,původní obyvatelé USA n: Zdeněk Brož |
anglo-american
(encz) | Anglo-American,angloamerický adj: Zdeněk Brož |
anti-american
(encz) | anti-American,protiamerický |
as american as apple pie
(encz) | as American as apple pie,velmi Americký Zdeněk Brož |
center for latin american monetary studies
(encz) | Center for Latin American Monetary Studies, |
central american
(encz) | Central American,středoamerický Jiří Šmoldas |
central american common market
(encz) | Central American Common Market, |
central american division
(encz) | Central American Division, |
common american shad
(encz) | common American shad, n: |
german-american
(encz) | German-American, adj: |
inter-american development bank
(encz) | Inter-American Development Bank, |
latin american
(encz) | Latin American, |
latin american economic system
(encz) | Latin American Economic System, |
latin-american
(encz) | Latin-American, |
leishmaniasis americana
(encz) | leishmaniasis americana, n: |
mesoamerican
(encz) | Mesoamerican, adj: |
middle american
(encz) | Middle American,středoamerický adj: [zem.] Ritchie |
modified american plan
(encz) | modified American plan, n: |
native american
(encz) | Native American,rodilý Američan |
north american
(encz) | North American,severoamerický |
north american division
(encz) | North American Division, |
north american free trade agreement
(encz) | North American Free Trade Agreement, |
north american free trade agreement (nafta).
(encz) | North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).,Severoamerická dohoda o
volném obchodu (NAFTA) [eko.] RNDr. Pavel Piskač |
organization of american states
(encz) | Organization of American States, |
pan-american
(encz) | Pan-American,panamerický adj: týkající se celé Ameriky Petr Prášek |
pro-american
(encz) | pro-American, adj: |
south american
(encz) | South American,obyvatel Jižní Ameriky Zdeněk Brož |
spanish american
(encz) | Spanish American, |
spanish-american
(encz) | Spanish-American, |
un-american
(encz) | un-American,neamerický adj: Milan Svoboda |
american association for the advancement of science
(czen) | American Association for the Advancement of Science,AAAS[zkr.]
[voj.] Zdeněk Brož a automatický překlad |
american civil liberties union
(czen) | American Civil Liberties Union,ACLU Zdeněk Brož |
american standard code for information interchange
(czen) | American Standard Code for Information Interchange,ASCIIn: [zkr.]
[it.] kód, ve kterém jsou znaky reprezentovány čísly od 0 do 127 Petr
Prášek |
north american free trade agreement
(czen) | North American Free Trade Agreement,NAFTA[zkr.] Severoamerické sdružení
volného obchodu (USA, Kanada, Mexiko) Martin Krsek |
organization of american states
(czen) | Organization of American States,OAS Věroš Kaplan |
African-American
(gcide) | Hyphenated American \Hyphenated American\
An American who is referred to by a hyphenated term with the
first word indicating an origin in a foreign country, and the
second term being "American", as Irish-American,
Italian-American, African-American, Asian-American.
Used in reference to Americans of foreign birth or ancestry.
When used of Americans of European ancestry, it is often used
to refer to those who have a strong attachment to the
ancestral country or its culture. It implies that the
individual is imperfectly assimilated into American culture,
and is sometimes used derogatively.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Negro \Ne"gro\ (n[=e]"gr[-o]), n.; pl. Negroes
(n[=e]"gr[=o]z). [Sp. or Pg. negro, fr. negro black, L.
niger; perh. akin to E. night.]
A black man; especially, one of a race of black or very dark
persons who inhabit the greater part of tropical Africa, and
are distinguished by crisped or curly hair, flat noses, and
thick protruding lips; also, any black person of unmixed
African blood, wherever found.
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2. A person of dark skin color descended at least in part
from African negroes; in the United States, an
African-American. [U.S. usage, sometimes considered
offensive.]
[PJC]African \Af"ri*can\, a. [L. Africus, Africanus, fr. Afer
African.]
Of or pertaining to Africa.
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African hemp, a fiber prepared from the leaves of the
Sanseviera Guineensis, a plant found in Africa and
India.
African marigold, a tropical American plant ({Tagetes
erecta}).
African oak or African teak, a timber furnished by
Oldfieldia Africana, used in ship building.
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African violet .
African-American, see African-American.
[1913 Webster]African-American \African-American\ adj.
1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of
African ancestry or their history or culture
Syn: Afro-American
[WordNet 1.5]African-American \African-American\ n.
1. 1 an American whose ancestors were born in Africa,
especially a United States citizen of African descent.
Syn: Afro-American, African, black, negro
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Afro-American
(gcide) | Afro-American \Afro-American\ n.
1. an American whose ancestors were born in Africa.
Syn: African-American, African.
[WordNet 1.5]Afro-American \Afro-American\ adj.
1. 1 of or pertaining to or characteristic of Americans of
African ancestry or their history or culture.
Syn: African-American.
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Agave Americana
(gcide) | Sisal grass \Si*sal" grass`\, Sisal hemp \Si*sal" hemp`\,
The prepared fiber of the Agave Americana, or American
aloe, used for cordage; -- so called from Sisal, a port in
Yucatan. See Sisal hemp, under Hemp.
[1913 Webster]Pita \Pi"ta\, n. [Sp.] (Bot.)
(a) A fiber obtained from the Agave Americana and other
related species, -- used for making cordage and paper.
Called also pita fiber, and pita thread.
(b) The plant which yields the fiber.
[1913 Webster]Maguey \Mag"uey\, n. [Sp. maguey, Mexican maguei and metl.]
(Bot.)
Any of several species of Agave, such as the {century
plant} (Agave Americana), a plant requiring many years to
come to maturity and blossoming only once before dying; and
the Agave atrovirens, a Mexican plant used especially for
making pulque, the source of the colorless Mexican liquor
mescal; and the cantala (Agave cantala), a Philippine
plant yielding a hard fibre used in making coarse twine. See
Agave.
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2. A hard fibre used in making coarse twine, derived from the
Philippine Agave cantala (Agave cantala); also called
cantala.
[WordNet 1.5]Agave \A*ga"ve\ ([.a]*g[=a]"v[-e]), prop. n. [L. Agave, prop.
name, fr. Gr. 'agayh`, fem. of 'agayo`s illustrious, noble.]
(Bot.)
A genus of plants (order Amaryllidaceae) of which the chief
species is the maguey or century plant (Agave Americana),
wrongly called Aloe. It takes from ten to seventy years,
according to climate, to attain maturity, when it produces a
gigantic flower stem, sometimes forty feet in height, and
perishes. The juice has purgative and diuretic properties.
The fermented juice is the pulque of the Mexicans;
distilled, it yields mescal. A strong thread and a tough
paper are made from the leaves, and the wood has many uses.
[1913 Webster]Amole \A*mo"le\, n. [Mex.] (Bot.)
Any detergent plant, or the part of it used as a detergent,
as the roots of Agave Americana, {Chlorogalum
pomeridianum}, etc. [Sp. Amer. & Mex.]
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]Century \Cen"tu*ry\, n.; pl. Centuries. [L. centuria (in
senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See
Cent.]
1. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a
hundred things. [Archaic.]
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And on it said a century of prayers. --Shak.
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2. A period of a hundred years; as, this event took place
over two centuries ago.
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Note: Century, in the reckoning of time, although often used
in a general way of any series of hundred consecutive
years (as, a century of temperance work), usually
signifies a division of the Christian era, consisting
of a period of one hundred years ending with the
hundredth year from which it is named; as, the first
century (a. d. 1-100 inclusive); the seventh
century (a.d. 601-700); the eighteenth century
(a.d. 1701-1800). With words or phrases connecting
it with some other system of chronology it is used of
similar division of those eras; as, the first century
of Rome (A.U.C. 1-100).
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3. (Rom. Antiq.)
(a) A division of the Roman people formed according to
their property, for the purpose of voting for civil
officers.
(b) One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army
was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion.
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Century plant (Bot.), the Agave Americana, formerly
supposed to flower but once in a century; -- hence the
name. See Agave.
The Magdeburg Centuries, an ecclesiastical history of the
first thirteen centuries, arranged in thirteen volumes,
compiled in the 16th century by Protestant scholars at
Magdeburg.
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