người Mỹ

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

người Mĩ

Etymology

người (“person”) +‎ nước Mỹ (“United States”)

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ŋɨəj˨˩ mi˦ˀ˥]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ŋɨj˦˩ mɪj˧˨]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ŋɨj˨˩ mɪj˨˩˦]

Noun

người Mỹ

(countable) American (person born in or citizen of the United States)
(uncountable) the American people (the people of the United States)

Usage note

This term typically only refers to persons of the United States; to refer to persons of the Americas, người Bắc Mỹ (“North American”), người Nam Mỹ (“South American”), or người châu Mỹ (“American”) may be used instead.

Synonyms

người Hoa Kỳ (rare)

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