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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

The service comes on the last of a three-day public tribute that began Monday in nearby Americus and continued in Atlanta.

From Seattle Times Nov. 28, 2023

Campbell, who attends church in nearby Americus, noted that Rosalynn was instrumental in establishing a community-wide Thanksgiving food distribution, led by the Maranatha congregation.

From Washington Times Nov. 20, 2023

Americus Vespucius is especially famous from the New World having been named after him, instead of being called Columbia, as in all justice it should have been, but with this Vespucius had nothing to do.

From Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part I. The Exploration of the World by Leigh, Dora

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