Euro-American

American  

[yoor-oh-uh-mer-i-kuhn, yur-] / ˌyʊər oʊ əˈmɛr ɪ kən, ˌyɜr- /

adjective

1. common to Europe and to America.

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Etymology

Origin of Euro-American

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

The folkloric Euro-American story of the “headless horseman” comes to mind — a nightmarish, animated corpse who haunts the living.

From Los Angeles Times

As is so often the case with Trump’s “policies,” it’s no good pretending that his demolition of the transatlantic alliance came out of nowhere: The Euro-American marriage has been heading toward Ben and J-Lo territory for some time.

From Salon

As is often the case with Trump’s "policies," it’s no good pretending that his demolition of the transatlantic alliance came out of nowhere: The Euro-American marriage has been heading toward Ben and J-Lo territory for some time.

From Salon

History suggests, in fact, that Euro-American liberal democracies have played a significant role in retarding democratic progress elsewhere.

From Salon

Unsurprisingly, Carlson hadn't done his homework: Russian nationalism is built on the concept of a hybrid "Eurasian" identity — as explored in a recent New York Review article by Gary Saul Morson — which certainly has elements of racism but is entirely distinct from Euro-American notions of "whiteness."

From Salon