Anglo-American
Cross-Atlantic cultural bond
Anglo-American describes things relating to both England (or Britain) and America, or to English-speaking peoples generally.
As a noun, an Anglo-American is a person of English descent living in America, or more broadly, any white English-speaking American.
The term appears in diplomatic contexts Anglo-American relations and historical ones the Anglo-American tradition of common law.
In parts of the American Southwest, Anglo distinguishes English-speakers from Hispanic populations regardless of actual ancestry.
Legal status through custom
- democracyRule by the people
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
- ShakespeareElizabethan dramatist and poet
BBC · Hollywood · Oxford · Harvard · Thanksgiving · Victorian · Puritan · Pilgrims
Absence of pigment
- settlersThose who establish homes
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- ancestryFamily line of descent
lineage · descendants · diaspora · immigrants · expatriates · naturalized · genealogy · WASP
One's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
- idiomsFixed figurative expressions
dialects · slang · vernacular · lexicon · etymology · cognates · syntax · bilingualism
Spanning the ocean between continents
- allianceFormal union of parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
- tradeExchange of commodities
NATO · cooperation · summit · ambassador · bilateral · partnership · accord · negotiation
common-law
Legal status through custom
- democracyRule by the people
- parliamentNational legislative assembly
- ConstitutionGoverning principles document
Shakespeare · BBC · Hollywood · Oxford · Harvard · Thanksgiving · Victorian · Puritan · Pilgrims · monarchy
white
Absence of pigment
- settlersThose who establish homes
- colonistsSettlers in new territory
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
ancestry · lineage · descendants · diaspora · immigrants · expatriates · naturalized · genealogy · WASP · demographics
vocabulary
One's word collection
- grammarLanguage's structural rules
- spellingCorrect letter sequence
- pronunciationManner of speaking words
idioms · dialects · slang · vernacular · lexicon · etymology · cognates · syntax · bilingualism · loanwords
transatlantic
Spanning the ocean between continents
- allianceFormal union of parties
- diplomacyNegotiation between nations
- treatyBinding pact between nations
trade · NATO · cooperation · summit · ambassador · bilateral · partnership · accord · negotiation · extradition
- European American heritageEuropean descent, ethnic heritage, ancestry
- UK DiplomacyForeign Office, Foreign Secretary, British embassies, ambassadors, diplomatic missions
- American and British societiestransatlantic, shared heritage, bilateral ties, historical ties
- expatsexpats, expat communities, relocation, foreign workers, trailing spouses
Anglo-Americannon-Western
Outside European-American traditions
Francophone · Slavic · Latin American · Franco-German · Arab
Anglo-AmericanSoviet
Of the USSR
non-aligned · Eastern Bloc · Global South · Warsaw Pact · anti-imperialist
Anglo, American, America, Angles, Anglican, Anglicism, Anglophone, English, England