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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So, the people from England could also be named Kingdomian?,or Kingdomist?, they are all kingdomistic people from Europe.
They are still Europe, is it that what brexit stands for?
Instead of Europeans maybe they are now Kingdomians, it sounds funny but that is the thruth.
Just do not be another stupid out there.
东俄罗斯人是亚洲人，没人在乎。
南非人也处于同样的情况，但是他们都是非洲人。
到底为什么这种理想主义作为今天所谓的世界的一部分仍然存在于当今社会中，却变得多么愚蠢。
美利坚合众国！
This website is incorrect. Like it or not, calling the United States "America" is a colloquial term that's here to stay, regardless of whether or not it seems grammatically or logically correct. That's just how language works, and there's no reason to get worked up about it because, in the end, all languages are just made up anyway.
well the thing is that while it may be a colloquial term, it deviated into the creation of new ways to refer to america as a continent which was oddly divided into new "americas" lol. it only makes it more confusing in my opinion, like it or not. i mean with this division, (US) aka. america is located in north america and is part of the americas also, totally logic
That's the united statian propaganda! (Hollywood and news channels)
They are similarly promoting homosexuals on their media! Poor of our kids with such examples!!!
Here you are right... Sorry about that :(
No a los gringos, digo no a los maricas, digo playos!
So true. The gringos are used to control their population with the TV, and go much beyond the United States frontiers, influencing generations since they are kids.
People have been conditioned to call the United States "America" for years and years not realizing that the name belongs to the continent in which the country resides. America is still a continent, even though the English speaking countries, like the U.K. and the U.S. teach a two continent version in today's schools, the original version, which other countries still teach, is still one continent called America.
Wrong again...and again...and again, payasa. The original version is America and Parias. 1507! Why do you keep pretending that America has always referred to all of the Americas? It’s because you falsely claim that proper nouns can never acquire additional meanings, so you have to lie to yourself and everyone else that the meaning of America didn’t change from South America to all of the Americas. But then you say that the name did change in order to encompass all of the Americas, but only that specific change in the meaning of a proper noun is acceptable, but the change in meaning to the USA is somehow unacceptable. You are dishonest, delusional, and completely full of BS.
Republic of the "United States of America"
And very commonly CALLED America. Facts are facts.
We know that the USA is commonly and erroneously called "America" if not this site would not exist. The discussion is why is it? and how is it that the USA is called America when the continent is named America? etc.
Fabian doesn’t know this. Or, at least, pretends that he doesn’t know. And who decided that the conversation is only about why and how the US is called America? You aren’t in charge of what the conversation is about. The name of the site states that the USA is not America. This is incorrect because the USA is called America, so it is America. The only reason that the Americas are America (your precious and sacred definition) is because it is called that. It is exactly the same with the USA being America. These basic concepts don’t just miraculously apply to your preferences. Think!!!
你愚蠢的事实并没有打扰我。
这是一个大陆，所以一个国家，除了“ America”之外，您从未见过其他任何名称，而“ America”本身就是它的一部分：
美利坚合众国。
没有比这个国家的人民更美国人。
你愚蠢是你自己的问题。
David is a fact that the federal government institutions know that the country is called the United States, that is why the embassies that appear before the world call themselves "US embasy in Buenos Aires" not "Embasy of America in Buenos Aires", for example, or the Army is presented as "US Army" not "Army of America", it is a fact!
No sh1t, Sherlock. Now let me educate you about the fact that other kinds of names exist besides official names. Yes, as we all know, the United States of America is the official name of the country. This is why that name is used by the US government in an official capacity. However, as you should know if you were better educated, other kinds of names also exist. These other kinds can be referred to as common, colloquial, or alternative names. America is just such a name when applied to the USA. It is very common for people to say ‘American embassy’ or ‘American military’ or ‘American flag’. If you truly don’t know this, you are horribly ignorant. OFFICIAL NAMES ARE NOT THE ONLY NAMES THAT EXIST OR ARE USED, PAYASO!!! It took Mrs. Anonymous many months to learn this, but I finally educated her. How long will it take you?
it is represented as such.
It is Okay, acceptable and totally correct the other way you said it too.
Do not be idiot with yourself "Stupid David"
There is no country called America, there is one called "The United States of America" but none America
Except for the obvious fact that you know the USA is called America. Stop lying.
Please, explain to us how did the United States choose "America" in its name? What is the origin of that choice? And why choose a name already taken by the continent in which the United States is located in?
So even though we all know that the USA is very often called America, it isn’t called America? Please explain.
Then why does this website exist if the USA isn’t called America? You need to cultivate the ability to understand basic things.
I am not saying that America is informally called a way to abbreviate United States of America, what I am saying is that they are not just called "America"!
That doesn’t make any sense. It is called America because it is called America. Think!!!
Usamericans
Americans
Inconvenient truths.
Usamerica
America
Inconvenient truths.
okay guys I have a question.
For example, if people in Poland are called Polish, then what are people from the US called? American? But America is a continent. So, Mexicans are Americans too.
To make my question clear:
People from Poland: Polish, but also European
People from Turkey: Turkish, but also Asian
People from US: American, but also American????
Thanks for answers >.<
U.S. citizens are American by both nationality and continental affiliation. Some people don’t like this, so they pretend that it isn’t true, and/or that it is somehow incorrect. They pretend that ‘America’ can be the name for South America, all of the Americas, Latin America, a professional soccer team in Mexico, a woman’s name, a community in the state of Indiana, and a number of other things, but somehow not a name for the USA. However, we all know that it is a very commonly used name for the USA. They never provide any proof that what they claim is true. This is because there isn’t any proof because what they claim is false. They will also often pretend that it is only Americans or native English speakers who use ‘America’ and ‘American’ to refer to the USA and its citizens. We all know that many people all over the world who speak many different languages use ‘America’ and ‘American’ to refer to the USA and its citizens.
The United States of America didn't use a name like other countries like Poland or Chile did. There is a history that can explain the reason why it was like this. Your interpretation seems logical. Yes, everyone living in the continent of America is an American from the continent. The United States has used "America" but it is erroneously to think that it is its name by origin or by meaning because the USA uses the name of the continent in its name so people get confused and spread the confusion. Just think of the name given to the nations in Europe who are part of the European Union. They are European, but they are not only the Europeans, other nations are in Europe and are Europeans, but not part of the European Union. So it is more ore less the case with the United States of America.
The United States is a conglomerate of States who united to form a nation in the continent of America. The European Union, is a conglomerate of nations who united to form a union in the continent of Europe. Not every country in Europe is part of the European Union just as not every state/or nation in the continent of America is part of the United States of America. For this reason, countries in America call the USA as Estados Unidos and its abbreviations are EEUU. It is not logical to call it America when America is the continent in which others live. But, it is logical to call the people in the USA, Americans, since they are in the American continent just as it is logical to call a Colombian, American too.
东俄罗斯人是亚洲人，没有人抱怨