Indeed, U.S.A. is not America!
America is the name of a whole continent. United States of America means that the United States belongs to America and NOT that America belongs to the United States. So, next time you want to refer to The United States of America, you can do it as U.S. or the States or whatever you want but not as only America. Gotcha?
How should I use the term America then?
Here we will show you some wrong and correct uses of the term America:
This is how we do it in America.
This is how we do it in the States.
- America is my country and I love it.
- The United States is my country and I love it.
- America lost the Vietnam war.
- U.S.A. lost the Vietnam war.
- Here in America we love Mc Donald's.
- Here in the U.S. we love Mc Donald's.
Please, note that this page in not about demonyms (gentilics) but about the way to call a country.
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United Statians are obsessed with the usa in both ways
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Hey, Andy, this sounds like cool history... can you tell us a bit more, please?
"... 502 years since the foundation of the first European permanent settlement in mainland America, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Panama. It was destroyed by you guess it, a British by the name of Henry Morgan."
Btw, eyes have it(United States), I mean, Morgan, I mean, David, when will it be enough?
eyes have it(United States)
You better need to keep you mouth shut, everything that exit your mouth is ignorance and too much wordiness.
I recomend you to keep your mouth close.
The claim of Greece for ownership of the name "Macedonia" is nationalistic in nature. This claims of this website are Pan-Americanisms, which are not the same thing. This website chides the nationalistic claims of the United States for its use of the name "America"". Ironically your Greece argument here, Andy, actually legitimizes the United State's use of word America!
And lastly, the 1507 map was, indeed, created to show a new understanding of the world. It was certainly not created to be seized upon by this website 500 years later in order to push its very weak and underdeveloped arguments. But people do what people do. The USA is a fine nation and quite exceptional.
The claim of this websites are of nationalistic nature as the Greek ones. You for sure don't know a bit of Latin America and the Caribbean.
"Ironically your Greece argument here, Andy, actually legitimizes the United State's use of word America!"
No, it does not. The opposite.
Well then, it comes out in the open. Please keep your nationalistic arguments out of the debate. You need to read my comments closely. I am merely turning this web site's arguments on their head. I am arguing with the same tired rhetoric I hear from the political Left dailey. I do this because I have a different perspective from you. I understand your views, but we disagree. Try to be more tolerant. Poltical ideology only goes so far. Remember, to love your country for your country's sake is a good thing. I wish you well.
Also British America was not only the Thirteen Colonies of the now US, but also the territories in now Canada, some in the Caribbean and South America.
Andy for president!
Our American leader
Its good you are two are friends, but the comment is off topic.
I am aware of these facts, thank you. But your comments are not relevant to my comments.
You are not aware of any fact, you are indeed an ignorant.
By the way, today is 15 august 2021, which means 502 years since the foundation of the first European permanent settlement in mainland America, Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Panama. It was destroyed by you guess it, a British by the name of Henry Morgan.
People do what people do
No, that is not what people normally do. He was a pirate with antagonistic behaviour ans nature.
The eyes have it (United States) your ignorance is not a surprise.
You don’t know me to know if I am ignorant or not.
Argentina's first name was, according to its declaration of independence, "United Provinces IN South America", which I think is what the United States should have done with its name to avoid all these confusion: "The United States IN America "or" in North America".
Mexico also was: América Mexicana, and America Septentrional.
Central America except Panama also was: Provincias Unidas del Centro de América o Estados Federados del Centro de América, República Federal de Centroamérica.
Vps says two things here:
1) The Pan Americanist, "one" America argument is not held by all South Americans
2) And as such, Argentina clearly defined South America as, well, South America
In this context, the list here are apparent Iberian centric constructs. No one contests the names of these countries. Yet they are listed to suggest their use of the word "America" supersedes the U.S. use of the word. Please reread my initial comments. I have no problem with any peoples' traditions. What I is reject is the arrogant Pan-Amercanist claim (in a hegemonic sense) of how citizens of the U.S. are to define their nation.
Clarifying comment just above: I.e. Apparently listed for Iberian centric reasons: "Mexico also was: América Mexicana, and America Septentrional. Central America except Panama also was: Provincias Unidas del Centro de América o Estados Federados del Centro de América, República Federal de Centroamérica."
I aplogize, the map, was in 1507, and the "island" shown is Floria, but the point remains the same.