Americanin.

Brit.

/əˌmɛrᵻˈkɑːni/, U.S.

/əˌmɛrəˈkɑni/

Forms:

α. 1800s– Americani, 1800s– Amerikani, 1900s– Amerekani.

β. 1900s– Americano, 1900s– Amerikano.

Also with lower-case initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymons: Swahili amerikani, amerikano, merikani.

Etymology: < Swahili amerikani, (regional) amerikano, variants of merikani Merikani n. Compare earlier Merikani n. Compare also earlier American cloth n. at American n. and adj. Compounds 3a.

East African. Now historical.

A kind of (inferior, typically unbleached) cotton cloth, originally as exported by American traders to East Africa. Cf. Merikani n., American cloth n. (b) at American n. and adj. Compounds 3a.

ΘΚΠ

the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > other

bustian1424

cotton tissed1585

Manchester1589

cannequin1598

madapollam1685

burdet1710

antherine1739

canque1750

jaconet1769

medium1777

bump1794

American sheeting1840

American cloth1851

American leather1858

gala1858

Merikani1860

T cloth1865

dhurrie1880

Americani1881

Tarantulle1890

Aertex1896

Tobralco1910

limbric1930

Ventile1954

1881 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 3 651 The next day was wasted in bargaining with the canoe owner..finally we had to give him one turban cloth, one piece of kaniki, and two doti of amerikani.

1893 Geogr. Jrnl. Mar. 221 Their dress is a white cloth..of broad Americani.

1921 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 118/1 A venerable savage, with a yard of tattered and dirty americani round his loins.

1978 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 19 123 Students could not be fed as well as usual..and had to wear Amerikani instead of black soutanes.

1991 P. Bodry-Sanders C. Akeley ix. 109 She..laid out lengths of striped Americani, cotton cloth used for trading, to begin sewing together a crude stretcher.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	americani
释义	Americanin. Brit. /əˌmɛrᵻˈkɑːni/, U.S. /əˌmɛrəˈkɑni/ Forms: α. 1800s– Americani, 1800s– Amerikani, 1900s– Amerekani. β. 1900s– Americano, 1900s– Amerikano. Also with lower-case initial. Origin: A borrowing from Swahili. Etymons: Swahili amerikani, amerikano, merikani. Etymology: < Swahili amerikani, (regional) amerikano, variants of merikani Merikani n. Compare earlier Merikani n. Compare also earlier American cloth n. at American n. and adj. Compounds 3a. East African. Now historical. A kind of (inferior, typically unbleached) cotton cloth, originally as exported by American traders to East Africa. Cf. Merikani n., American cloth n. (b) at American n. and adj. Compounds 3a. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile fabric or an article of textile fabric > textile fabric > textile fabric made from specific material > cotton > [noun] > other bustian1424 cotton tissed1585 Manchester1589 cannequin1598 madapollam1685 burdet1710 antherine1739 canque1750 jaconet1769 medium1777 bump1794 American sheeting1840 American cloth1851 American leather1858 gala1858 Merikani1860 T cloth1865 dhurrie1880 Americani1881 Tarantulle1890 Aertex1896 Tobralco1910 limbric1930 Ventile1954 1881 Proc. Royal Geogr. Soc. 3 651 The next day was wasted in bargaining with the canoe owner..finally we had to give him one turban cloth, one piece of kaniki, and two doti of amerikani. 1893 Geogr. Jrnl. Mar. 221 Their dress is a white cloth..of broad Americani. 1921 Blackwood's Mag. Jan. 118/1 A venerable savage, with a yard of tattered and dirty americani round his loins. 1978 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 19 123 Students could not be fed as well as usual..and had to wear Amerikani instead of black soutanes. 1991 P. Bodry-Sanders C. Akeley ix. 109 She..laid out lengths of striped Americani, cotton cloth used for trading, to begin sewing together a crude stretcher. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1881
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