Portuguese Americans (Portuguese: português-americanos norte-americanos de extração portuguesa or estado-unidenses de extração portuguesa) occasionally known as Luso-Americans (Portuguese: luso-americanos) in English as well are Americans whose ancestry originates in the southwestern European nation of Portugal.Colloquially the term is also incorrectly applied to people whose ancestry stems from Portuguese-speaking countries.
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