"cup of weak or diluted coffee," especially espresso, short for café Americano (by 1964), from Spanish, literally "American coffee" (see American), a Central American term from the 1950s, a disparaging reference to the type of coffee believed to be favored in the United States.
American dream
Americanism
Americanization
Americanize
Americanness
Americano
americium
Americo-
Amerind
Amerindian
Ameslan