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?
Here we will show you some wrong and correct uses of the term America:
Please, note that this page in not about demonyms (gentilics) but about the way to call a country.
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Let the world know that USA should not be called America! America is one whole continent.
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https://www.state.gov/independent-states-in-the-world/
The United States Of America
https://www.un.org/en/member-states/
You lose. I win. America beats Canada and Latin America. Suck it, b*tches!
Stop spamming this website with your stupid copy and paste facts stupid brainless disgusting ignorant.
https://www.un.org/en/member-states/
Where are your facts, pinches payasos?
I am here to educate you. You obviously need it. Why do you refuse to be educated?
opinion
Pronunciation /əˈpinyən/ /əˈpɪnjən/
NOUN
* A view or judgment formed about something, not necessarily based on fact or knowledge.
https://www.lexico.com/en/definition/opinion
This perfectly describes the opinions of Dave and Craig. They are in no way based on facts or knowledge. Your teachers would be mortified if they read your posts.
Your educations were a complete waste of taxpayer money and/or your parents’ money. What utter embarrassments you are.
When someone says Africa, I would never think about it as the country named "South Africa" because geographically the word "Africa" is a continent.
When that same one person says America, which other continent do I think about?, or, do I think about "The United States"?, same deal here.
Any time someone start talking about South Africa I will not think about it as the country at first. It will require more contexts from the speaker to identify it as a country because of natural grammar logic.
Same deal with the word "America" and "The United States" issues.
"The United States Of America"
You learned about history in school, you first surely also learned about grammar to a certain level.
They teach about what is a sphere or cube in grammar. And we know that a sphere or cube has North, South, West and East.
This is applied when designing a map and it is common sense to describe it that way.
Just like it is common sense to understand that Africa is a continent and not a country.
Just like it is common sense to understand that America is a continent and not a country.
If "South Africa" is a country, why was not "The United States" named just "America"?.
According to the Stupid David facts "United States" is a short form from its original name "The United States of America".
Stupid David and your facts, if it is a name, it is "The United States Of America", a capital letter is used!.
But, you are stupid.
https://www.un.org/en/member-states/
https://www.un.org/en/member-states/
The continent supports Spanish claims to the region by flying the flag of Castile, but is not given the name of America. Instead, in its southern regions, it is named ‘Parias’ in capital letters. So the great birth certificate of America actually calls North America ‘Parias’, a word taken from Vespucci’s account of his meeting with the local inhabitants who used it to designate their homeland.
The map reserves the name ‘America’ to describe the southern land mass, and is placed in the location of modern-day Brazil.”
From: A History of the World in 12 Maps by Jerry Brotton; p. 174
“The name for the northern land mass, Parias, is derived from a passage in the Four Voyages of Amerigo Vespucci....”
“Parias was described by Waldseemüller's follower, Johannes Schöner as: "The island of Parias, which is not a part or portion of the foregoing [America] but a large, special part of the fourth part of the world", indicating uncertainty as to its situation.”
“PARIAS and AMERICA, corresponding to North and South America, are separated by a strait in the region of the present Panama on the main map but on the miniature map inset into the upper-mid part of the main map the isthmus joining the two is unbroken, apparently demonstrating Waldseemüller's willingness to represent alternative solutions to a question yet unanswered.”
https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Waldseemüller_map
“North America is called ‘Parias’ – ‘America’ is used to label the South American coast all the way down to the present-day port of Cananéia, Brazil.”
https://bit.ly/2YTii9z
“Waldseemüller’s America actually identified what is today South America. “Parias” is the name Waldseemüller identified with what is today North America.”
https://www.nationalgeographic.org/thisday/apr25/america-beautiful/