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{{Short description|Demographic group in Anglo-America}}
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{{distinguish|British Americans|English Americans|Old Stock Americans|Old Stock Canadians|English Canadians}}
'''Anglo-American'''
{{redirect|Anglo-American|the British mining company|Anglo American plc}}
is often used in legal, economic and political writing to refer to those countries that have similar legal systems that are generally based on the English [[common law]] (also see [[English law]]). This includes many of the countries of the former [[British Empire]].
{{Infobox ethnic group
| group = Anglo-Americans
| image = [[File:Anglo America (centered orthographic projection).svg|250px]]
| region1 = {{flagcountry|United States}}
| pop1 = 271,528,353 (2019)
| ref1 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://data.census.gov/cedsci/table?q=B16005|title=B16005 Nativity by Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over Universe: Population 5 years and over 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates|date=July 1, 2019|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|access-date=December 13, 2021|quote=Note: The number refers to those who speak English alone consisting of 264,200,071 native born and 7,328,282 foreign born Americans|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200213004648/https://factfinder.census.gov/bkmk/table/1.0/en/ACS/17_1YR/B16005|archive-date=February 13, 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
| region2 = {{flagcountry|Canada}}
| pop2 = 22,162,865 (2016)
| ref2 = <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=00 |title=Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census |publisher=Statcan.ca |date=2018-03-07}}</ref>
| langs = [[English language|English]]
}}


'''Anglo-Americans''' are a demographic group in [[Anglo-America]]. It typically refers to the predominantly European-descent nations and ethnic groups in the [[Americas]] that speak English as a native language, making up the majority of people in the world who speak [[English language|English]] as a [[first language]].
'''Anglo-American''' may also refer to:
* [[English American]], American person of English heritage, origin, or background
* "Anglo-American," colloquial term for an [[American English|English-speaking American]] (as opposed to Spanish-speaking or Hispanic Americans)
* [[Anglo-America]], region of the Americas
** The [[Anglo-American ethnic group]]
* [[United Kingdom – United States relations]]
* [[Anglo American plc]], mining conglomerate
* [[Anglo-American cataloguing rules]], library industry standard
* [[Anglo-American Publishing]], a Canadian comic book publishing company active during the 1940s


==See also==
== Usage ==
The term is ambiguous and used in several different ways. While it is primarily used to refer to people of [[England|English]] ancestry, it (along with terms like ''[[Anglo]]'', ''Anglic'', ''[[English-speaking world|Anglophone]]'', and ''Anglophonic'') is also used to denote all people of British or Northwestern European ancestry.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20170829162908/https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/anglo Oxford English Dictionary: "Anglo"] ''North American A white English-speaking person of British or northern European origin, in particular (in the US) as distinct from a Hispanic American or (in Canada) as distinct from a French-speaker.''</ref> It can include all people of Northwestern European ethnic origin who speak English as a mother tongue and their descendants in the New World.<ref name="auto">Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief ''Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary'' Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster See original definition (definition #1) of ''Anglo'' in English: It is defined as a synonym for ''Anglo-American''--Page 86</ref><ref name="dictionary.com">{{cite web|url=http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Anglo | title = Anglo – Definitions from Dictionary.com; American Heritage Dictionary | access-date = 2008-03-29 | quote = Usage Note: In contemporary American usage, Anglo is used primarily in direct contrast to Hispanic or Latino. In this context it is not limited to persons of English or even British descent, but can be generally applied to any [[non-Hispanic white]] person, making mother tongue (in this case English) the primary factor. Thus in parts of the United States such as the [[Southwest United States]] with large Hispanic populations, an American of Polish, Irish, or German heritage might be termed an Anglo just as readily as a person of English descent. However, in parts of the country where the Hispanic community is smaller or nonexistent, or in areas where ethnic distinctions among European groups remain strong, Anglo has little currency as a catch-all term for non-Hispanic whites. Anglo is also used in non-Hispanic contexts. In Canada, where its usage dates at least to 1800, the distinction is between persons of English and French descent. And in American historical contexts Anglo is apt to be used more strictly to refer to persons of English heritage, as in this passage describing the politics of nation-building in pre-Revolutionary America: "The 'unity' of the American people derived ... from the ability and willingness of an Anglo elite to stamp its image on other peoples coming to this country" (Benjamin Schwarz).|publisher=Lexico Publishing Group, LLC|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315013806/http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Anglo|archive-date=15 March 2008 |url-status=live}}</ref>
*[[American English (disambiguation)]]

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*[[Anglosphere]]
== Culture ==
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*[[British American]]
The term implies a relationship between the [[United States]] and the [[United Kingdom]] (specifically [[England]]), or the two countries' shared language, English, and/or cultural heritage. In this context the term may refer to an [[English American]], a person from the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England, a person from the United States who speaks English as their first language (see [[American English]]), a collective term referring to those countries that have similar legal systems based on [[common law]], [[United Kingdom–United States relations|relations]] between the United Kingdom and United States, or [[Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules]], a national cataloging code.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="dictionary.com" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Anglo-American |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/humanities/encyclopedias-almanacs-transcripts-and-maps/anglo-american |website=encyclopedia.com |publisher=Oxford University Press}}</ref>
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The term is also used, less frequently, to denote a connection between English people (or the English language) and the Western Hemisphere as a whole. In this context, the term can mean a person from the Americas whose ancestry originates from any English speaking country (see [[British diaspora]]) or a person from the Americas who has an English name and speaks English as their first language (see [[English-speaking world]] and [[Languages of the Americas]]), or a person from [[Anglo-America]].
[[fr:Anglo-américain]]

== Adjective ==
The adjective Anglo-American is used in the following ways:
* to denote the cultural sphere shared by the [[United Kingdom]], the [[United States]] and [[English Canada]]. For example, "Anglo-American culture is different from French culture." Political leaders including [[Winston Churchill]], [[Franklin D. Roosevelt]] and [[Ronald Reagan]] have used the term to discuss the "[[Special Relationship]]" between Britain and America.
* to describe relations between Britain and the United States. For example, "[[United Kingdom–United States relations|Anglo-American relations]] became more relaxed after the [[War of 1812]]."

== See also ==
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* [[Anglosphere]]
* [[English-speaking world]]
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* [[British Americans]]
* [[English Americans]]

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== References ==
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{{Wiktionary|Anglo-Americans}}
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{{British diaspora}}
{{People of Canada}}
{{European Americans}}
{{Demographics of the United States}}

[[Category:American people of English descent| ]]
[[Category:Canadian people of English descent|Canadian people of English descent]]
[[Category:English diaspora in the United States| ]]
[[Category:English-American history| ]]
[[Category:English diaspora in Canada| ]]
[[Category:European diaspora in the United States]]
[[Category:European diaspora in Canada]]
[[Category:Jamaican people of British descent]]
[[Category:Trinidad and Tobago people of British descent]]
[[Category:Guyanese people of British descent]]

Latest revision as of 22:13, 22 October 2024

Not to be confused with British Americans, English Americans, Old Stock Americans, Old Stock Canadians, or English Canadians.
"Anglo-American" redirects here. For the British mining company, see Anglo American plc.
Anglo-Americans
Regions with significant populations
 United States271,528,353 (2019)[1]
 Canada22,162,865 (2016)[2]
Languages
English

Anglo-Americans are a demographic group in Anglo-America. It typically refers to the predominantly European-descent nations and ethnic groups in the Americas that speak English as a native language, making up the majority of people in the world who speak English as a first language.

Usage

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The term is ambiguous and used in several different ways. While it is primarily used to refer to people of English ancestry, it (along with terms like Anglo, Anglic, Anglophone, and Anglophonic) is also used to denote all people of British or Northwestern European ancestry.[3] It can include all people of Northwestern European ethnic origin who speak English as a mother tongue and their descendants in the New World.[4][5]

Culture

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The term implies a relationship between the United States and the United Kingdom (specifically England), or the two countries' shared language, English, and/or cultural heritage. In this context the term may refer to an English American, a person from the United States whose ancestry originates wholly or partly in England, a person from the United States who speaks English as their first language (see American English), a collective term referring to those countries that have similar legal systems based on common law, relations between the United Kingdom and United States, or Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules, a national cataloging code.[4][5][6]

The term is also used, less frequently, to denote a connection between English people (or the English language) and the Western Hemisphere as a whole. In this context, the term can mean a person from the Americas whose ancestry originates from any English speaking country (see British diaspora) or a person from the Americas who has an English name and speaks English as their first language (see English-speaking world and Languages of the Americas), or a person from Anglo-America.

Adjective

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The adjective Anglo-American is used in the following ways:

See also

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References

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Look up Anglo-Americans in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
  1. ^ "B16005 Nativity by Language Spoken at Home by Ability to Speak English for the Population 5 Years and Over Universe: Population 5 years and over 2019 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". U.S. Census Bureau. July 1, 2019. Archived from the original on February 13, 2020. Retrieved December 13, 2021. Note: The number refers to those who speak English alone consisting of 264,200,071 native born and 7,328,282 foreign born Americans
  2. ^ "Language Highlight Tables, 2016 Census". Statcan.ca. 2018-03-07.
  3. ^ Oxford English Dictionary: "Anglo" North American A white English-speaking person of British or northern European origin, in particular (in the US) as distinct from a Hispanic American or (in Canada) as distinct from a French-speaker.
  4. ^ a b Mish, Frederic C., Editor in Chief Webster's Tenth New Collegiate Dictionary Springfield, Massachusetts, U.S.A.:1994--Merriam-Webster See original definition (definition #1) of Anglo in English: It is defined as a synonym for Anglo-American--Page 86
  5. ^ a b "Anglo – Definitions from Dictionary.com; American Heritage Dictionary". Lexico Publishing Group, LLC. Archived from the original on 15 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-03-29. Usage Note: In contemporary American usage, Anglo is used primarily in direct contrast to Hispanic or Latino. In this context it is not limited to persons of English or even British descent, but can be generally applied to any non-Hispanic white person, making mother tongue (in this case English) the primary factor. Thus in parts of the United States such as the Southwest United States with large Hispanic populations, an American of Polish, Irish, or German heritage might be termed an Anglo just as readily as a person of English descent. However, in parts of the country where the Hispanic community is smaller or nonexistent, or in areas where ethnic distinctions among European groups remain strong, Anglo has little currency as a catch-all term for non-Hispanic whites. Anglo is also used in non-Hispanic contexts. In Canada, where its usage dates at least to 1800, the distinction is between persons of English and French descent. And in American historical contexts Anglo is apt to be used more strictly to refer to persons of English heritage, as in this passage describing the politics of nation-building in pre-Revolutionary America: "The 'unity' of the American people derived ... from the ability and willingness of an Anglo elite to stamp its image on other peoples coming to this country" (Benjamin Schwarz).
  6. ^ "Anglo-American". encyclopedia.com. Oxford University Press.
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