 Eventually, this usage spread through other English-speaking countries and the unqualified noun American in all forms of the English language now chiefly refers to natives or citizens of the United States, though other senses are generally specified with a qualifier such as Latin American or North American.International speakers of English generally refer to people from the United States as Americans while equivalent translations of American are used in many other languages, namely French ('), although the term ' derived from ' (United States) in French is also accepted, Dutch ('), Afrikaans ('), Japanese (, rōmaji