non-American

adjective

non-Amer·i·can | \ˌnän-ə-ˈmer-ə-kən,

-ˈmər-, -ˈme-rə-\

Definition of non-American

: not of or relating to America or the U.S. : not American … his literary precursors … are mostly non-American.— John Barth

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