Traditional wiki:
[radition, comes from the Latin word traditio which means "to hand down" or "to hand over." It is used in a number of ways in the English language.1 -- A custom or practice taught by one generation to another, often orally. For example, we can speak of the tradition of sending birth announcements.2 -- A set of customs or practices. For example, we can speak of Christmas traditions.
See more at Wikipedia.org...]
American wiki:
>This page disambiguates the many uses of American. For an article about those various uses, please see Use of the word American. American may relate to:the United States of Americathe Americas more broadlythe 4-4-0 type of railroad steam locomotiveAmerican may also refer to:a citizen of or immigrant to the United Statesa current or former resident of the AmericasAmerican Englisha name in the United States for processed cheesethe American option, a style of option contract that allows for exercise anytime before the maturity dateAmerican may be a shortened form of:the American race, an obsolete 19th-century racial classification referring to the various peoples now called Native Americans or Amerindiansdifferent automobiles with the American marques, see American (automobile)American MotorsAmerican AirlinesAmerican Express
See more at Wikipedia.org...