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Americus

American  
[uh-mer-i-kuhs] / əˈmɛr ɪ kəs /

noun

  1. a city in SW central Georgia.


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“Even though they’re calorically the same thing, there’s a completely different story that’s being told,” said Americus Reed II, a professor of marketing at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

From The Wall Street Journal May 20, 2026

“Outrage comes and goes, and so do boycotts,” University of Pennsylvania marketing professor Americus Reed wrote in the New York Times in 2017.

From Slate Feb. 12, 2025

He was with his wife during her final hours but did not appear publicly during earlier events at her alma mater, Georgia Southwestern State University in Americus, and at his presidential library.

From Washington Times Nov. 28, 2023

While a sophomore at Georgia Southwestern, then a junior college in nearby Americus, she was captivated by a photograph of Jimmy Carter in his U.S.

From Los Angeles Times Nov. 19, 2023

Aunt Edie has a brother living at Americus, Georgia, who is 111 years old.

From Slave Narratives: A Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Georgia Narratives, Part 2 by Work Projects Administration

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