Americus
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Americus may mean:
Places in the United States
People
Literature
Places in the United States
- Americus, GeorgiaAmericus, Georgia-Early years:Americus, Georgia was named and chartered by Sen. Lovett B. Smith in 1832.For its first two decades, Americus was a small courthouse town. The arrival of the railroad in 1854 and, three decades later, local attorney Samuel H. Hawkins' construction of the only privately financed...
, a city with a population of around 17,000 - Americus, IndianaAmericus, IndianaAmericus is a small town in Tippecanoe County in the U.S. state of Indiana. It is part of the Lafayette, Indiana Metropolitan Statistical Area.- Geography :...
, a small town in Washington Township - Americus, KansasAmericus, KansasAmericus is a city in Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 894. It is part of the Emporia Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Americus is located at...
, a city with a population of around 900
People
- Saint Emeric of HungarySaint Emeric of HungaryPrince St. Imre, also Henricus, Emeric, Emerick, Emmerich, Emericus or Americus was the son of King St. Stephen I of Hungary and Giselle of Bavaria. He is assumed to be the second son of Stephen, he was named after his uncle, St...
(died 1031), also known as Saint Americus or Emeric, a Hungarian prince - Amerigo VespucciAmerigo VespucciAmerigo Vespucci was an Italian explorer, financier, navigator and cartographer. The Americas are generally believed to have derived their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.-Expeditions:...
(1454-1512) Italian merchant, explorer and cartographer whose first name was Americus in Latin
Literature
- Americus, A graphic novelGraphic novelA graphic novel is a narrative work in which the story is conveyed to the reader using sequential art in either an experimental design or in a traditional comics format...
by MK Reed and Jonathon Hill