USA is not America

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?

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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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Carmelo(Dominican Republic)says...

Until the mid-20th century the word "America" was used interchangeably, or doubly, in English to refer to the continent as well as the United States (the same with "American").

I think this is what angers the rest of the Americans the most, that (even within English) the United States has tried to keep "America" in the singular; Since from the 1950s until today, English-speaking countries began to consider North and South America as continents in themselves, and thus call them together "the Americas", and that "American" was no longer a continental demonym, only "North American" and "South American".

Carmelo(Dominican Republic)says...

The proof is in this official speech by former US President Herbert Hoover, where he uses expressions such as "Republics of America", "American continent" and "American nations" (in fact this speech has to do with the creation of "Pan American Day" , which is currently called Day of the Americas)

Carmelo(Dominican Republic)says...

"1912, proclamation, Pan American Day"

www.presidency.ucsb.edu

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I did not read it say "1912, proclamation, Pan American Day" anywhere as soon as I have opened up the link you have sent.

Carmelo(Dominican Republic)says...

The website doesn't let me publish the link, I don't know why, you're going to have to search for it on Google with that title and website name.

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

Yes that might had been what the U.S. has done! I have been saying it in this forum for a long time. That the U.S. took the name of America for itself, divided the continent into two, and gave it a plural name "Americas". We don't know exactly when this started but some believe it was around the 1940's50'. And as you provided some proof of that with the Hoover speech there are other proofs that shows us that this is what has been happening. Some here keep saying is that language changes or meanings and I say, meanings need people to manipulate them in order to make the changes. The word "America" does not change its meaning, it is people who change the meaning of words. Thus, someone, or some people started to use the word "America" in another way that it was intended to and we still don't know why.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

As for "1912, proclamation, Pan American Day", I believe that you have meant to send this link …

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/documents/proclamation-1912-pan-american-day# 👍

But still, Pan American Day IS American (🌎) Day!

USA Day is really United States (🇺🇸) Day. 🙂

Cuatro(Argentina)says...

Again (because I want more opinions):

What would happen if they told you "the language (English) is ours and America and American means what we want within it"?

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Being as no one has responded yet, that may be a trick question or a difficult question to answer.

Carissa Holman(United States)says...

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Cuatro(Argentina)says...

What would happen if they told you "the language is ours and America and American means what we want within it"?

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

What would happen with me is that I will become offended as soon as USA people tell me exactly what you just wrote within your quote.

Of course, it would be rude of them to have words mean only what they want just because it’s their language that they speak - especially when words must be translated from one language into another correctly. For example, anyone saying “‘América’ (in Spanish) translates to ‘the Americas’ (in English)” IS totally INCORRECT.

Finally, I will always know (like most people) that “America” is the correct translation of América, Amèrica, Ameerika, Amerik, Amerika, Ameríka, Amerike, Amerikka, Amérique and Ameryka in all languages! 👍

Cuatro(Argentina)says...

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But if you think about it, we all do the same, for a long time in Spanish we called Nederland "Holanda", when it is only one province (actually two); and today we still call the country that is actually called "Zonghuo" China. Faced with these data, what the US Americans do with "America" ​​and "American" may not be so terrible (although to the latter perhaps they should add the U and the S).

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

And this is a reminder that I can as easily think of “The US AMERICA(N)” as in “The WE AMERICA(N)”. So, as I previously mentioned …

The United States of America is not only abbreviated as "United States", but also as "U.S. America" or "USAmerica" like that! Please NOT at all spelt as "US America" like that.

Then they’re not only "United Statesians" for their nationality, but also "U.S. American" or "USAmerican" like that! Please NOT at all spelt as "US American" like that. 🙂

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Lol, the 1 Down-Vote really comes from the Stupid David of USA - who has given me his own version of a thumbs-up to my comment which is TRUE!

Even the 1st thumbs-down to this comment will be coming from him.

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

That is how they act! Read some posts which the posters continue to use facts such as that idea that people in the U.S. should use their language as they want to. That is correct if they want to be isolated from the rest of the world but in the case of globalization, the U.S. should be respectful of the rest of the countries and change their imperialist mind.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

As everyone would already know that America is the New World, I have actually found out that there is an existing website that is called “America is the Old World .com”. That’s https://www.americaistheoldworld.com/!

I even know that many people on here will be arguing “Excuse me? Since when did that website exist? 🤔 That website is false, because The Old World is the continents of Europe, Africa and Asia only respectively”. 🙂

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Lol, the 1 Down-Vote really comes from the Stupid David of USA - who has given me his own version of a thumbs-up to my comment which is TRUE!

Even the 1st thumbs-down to this comment will be coming from him. 🙂

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I can assume that “Anonymous (United States)” has changed his name to “Proud U.S. Pariasian”.

Proud U.S. Pariasian(United States)says...

To those of us that consider the Western Hemisphere home to two continents;

This is the birth certificate of the continent of Parias and continent of America:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct000725C

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Lol, I rather be a proud American, rather than a “Pariasian”. Therefore, North America or America (either way) will remain as the name of my continent. It will not be “Parias” at all. 🙂

Proud U.S. Pariasian(United States)says...

If the Western Hemisphere is home to two continents:

Continent of Parias - Everything/everyone north of Panama Canal is Pariasian.

Continent of America - Everything/everyone south of Panama Canal is American.

[North America is where Colombia, Venezuela, etc.. are located. South America is where Argentina, Chile, Uruguay etc.. are located. Somewhere in between is Central America.]

If the Western Hemisphere is home to one continent:

Continent of America - Everything/everyone from Greenland to Argentina is American.

Facts don't care about our feelings.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

No Thanks. That would NOT make sense for America to be the countries of South America only if the western hemisphere is home to 2 continents, while it at the same time includes all the countries both north & south of the Panama Canal if the Western Hemisphere is home to 1 continent.

I will always remain as an AMERICAN in every continent model, regardless of the Western Hemisphere being home to 1 or 2 continents.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

If the Western Hemisphere is home to two continents:

IT IS Continent of North America (not at all Parias) - Everything/everyone north of Panama Canal to the entirety of Panama is North American.

… and …

IT IS Continent of South America (not at all America) - Everything/everyone from Colombia and going on down south of Panama Canal is SOUTH American.

[North America is NOT at all where Colombia, Venezuela, etc.. are located, especially when Western Hemisphere is home to 2 continents. South America is NOT only where Argentina, Chile, Uruguay etc.. are located, but IS also where Colombia, Venezuela, etc.. are located. Nowhere in between the South American countries of Colombia and Argentina is Central America.]

If the Western Hemisphere is home to one continent:

Of course, it is Continent of America - Everything/everyone from Greenland to South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands is American.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Facts don't care about your feelings, especially when a continent-model like yours will never make any sense. 🙂

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

Therefore, everyone from Greenland to Tierra del Fuego is an American from the continent of America!

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

You are assuming that Waltseemuller and Ringmann named two continents on that map of 1507. But if you go deeper into researching more of what they did, you might find otherwise. On that same map, they wrote about a continent, America, but nothing of a continent of Parias. The small text box above the map on the rop right where Americi Vespuci picture is located, you can see a map of the continent of America, not of any Parias. Also, on their "Introduction to Cosmography" they don't appear to be talking about a Parias as the fourth part of the world. In there they were explaining how they came up with the name of America for the fourth part of the world, the new world. America is one continent! Not two, and not a country.

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

Here it is from the book that accompanies that 1507 map from Walseemuller and Ringmann: "today these parts of the earth [Europe, Africa and Asia] have been more extensively explored than a fourth part of the world, as will be explained in what follows, and that has been discovered by Amerigo Vespucci. Because it is well known that Europe and Asia were named after women, I can see no reason why anyone would have good reason to object to calling this fourth part Amerige, the land of Amerigo, or America, after the man who discovered it. The location of this part and the customs of its people can be clearly understood from the four voyages of Amerigo Vespucci that we have placed after this introduction.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Hi Mrs. Anonyomous! Just asking: Being as America is known as “The 4th part of the World”, have you really learned what is “the 1st part, 2nd part and 3rd part of the World” before? If so, I would like to know from you, what are those 1st 3 parts of the world known as? 🙂

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

"Hi Mrs. Anonyomous! Just asking: Being as America is known as “The 4th part of the World”, have you really learned what is “the 1st part, 2nd part and 3rd part of the World” before? If so, I would like to know from you, what are those 1st 3 parts of the world known as? 🙂" I haven't really studied those things, but since Waldsemuller and Ringmann, mentioned the fourth part of the world, I think it was as the world was known in those days. These two cartographers took Ptolemy's maps etc. and revised them and added America to what was known as the other 3 parts of the world, Europe, Asia and Africa. I don't know what those 3 parts of the world where known as but it must have been well known for the times of Ptolemy's maps. His maps had these 3 old world parts but not as accurate as we know them today. I guess that is how America became known as the 4th part of the world when Waldsemuller and Ringmann added the new world to already existing maps by Ptolemy.

Anonymous(United States)says...

God Bless the USP

… If tomorrow all the things were gone

I worked for all my life

And I had to start again

With just my children and my wife

… I thank my lucky stars

To be living here today

'Cause the flag still stands for freedom

And they can't take that away

… And I'm proud to be a U.S. Pariasian

Where at least I know I'm free

And I won't forget the men who died

Who gave that right to me

And I'd gladly stand up next to you

And defend Her still today

'Cause there ain't no doubt

I love this land

God Bless the U.S.P.

… From the lakes of Minnesota

To the hills of Tennessee

Across the plains of Texas

From sea to shining sea

… From Detroit down to Houston

And New York to L.A.

Where's pride in every American heart

And it's time we stand and say

God Bless the continent of Parias and America:

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct000725C

Lara(Argentina)says...

Instead of just saying no, maybe they should provide a suggestion. That The United States of America is not only abbreviated "United States" but also "US America", at least it would be something SIMILAR to "South Africa". And the nationality would be US American.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I like your message Lara, but I believe that “US” should have periods to the right of each letter (U.S.) if there is going to be a space between the S and America(n). Otherwise, there should be no space between the S and A, if periods are not being used.

I really mean, that “US” like that, is also A WORD, which can be confusing the country’s 2-letter initials for the word “WE”. So, I could be reading, thinking and pronouncing "US America(ns)" as in “WE America(ns)”, whereas that can have me thinking “the country is STILL claiming both the name/demonym of the continental region all to itself”, in that case.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

So my suggestion is … The United States of America is not only abbreviated as "United States", but also "U.S. America" or "USAmerica" like that! Please NOT at all "US America"! Then they’re not only "United Statesians" for their nationality, but also "U.S. American" or "USAmerican" like that! Please NOT at all "US American"! 🙂

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

Yes

Mrs. Anonyomous(United States)says...

Yes to Lara's Comment

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I agree with you, by saying “Yes” to Lara’s comment.

But it is ESPECIALLY “Yes” to my suggestion (in reply to Lara's Comment)! 🙂

Anonymous(United States)says...

To those that insist on a seven continent model as the factually correct number of continents, these are the continents that should be listed:

1. Eurasia

2. Africa

3. Australia ( The country of Australia is the a continent instead of the region of Oceania)

4. Greenland ( Large land mass not contiguous/connected to the continent of Parias).

5. Parias ( Canada to north of the Panama Canal)

6. America ( South of Panama Canal to Argentina)

7. Antarctica

The United States hence is not the United States of America but in fact the United States of Parias. And the population of Parias are in fact Pariasians not Americans. Americans are hence only those from south of the Panama Canal to Land of Fire Argentina.

Which is to say, I'm a U.S. Pariasian not a U.S. American.

David(United States)says...

“…should be…”.

Right. Sure. On your authority. Hilarious.

Anonymous(United States)says...

We as United Statesians, Mexicans, Canadians, Costa Ricans, etc.. will just have to get over the fact that we aren't Americans. I for one am totally fine and ready to embrace the term U.S. Pariasian along side the terms U.S. Citizen and United Statesian. God bless the United States of Parias.

May God bless Parias

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct000725C/?r=-0.043,0.05,0.311,0.19,0

and may God bless America, the neighboring continent south of ours

https://www.loc.gov/resource/g3200.ct000725C/?r=0.024,0.307,0.298,0.182,0

Finally may God bless the rest of the world too.

Anonymous(United States)says...

Lets try that again,

May God bless Parias

https://tinyurl.com/Continent-of-Parias

and may God bless America, the neighboring continent south of ours

https://tinyurl.com/Continent-of-America

David(United States)says...

Knock yourself out. You should do what makes you happy. It makes you happy to not call yourself ‘American’. It makes you happy to pretend that you’re clever. You do you. The vast majority of people will continue to call US citizens ‘Americans’.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

"The United States is not America and America is not the United States, in any proper/careful use of language." -- A FACT (not an opinion) THAT IS SAID (or written) BY George L Fox (1925). School and University in the United States. The Journal of Education and School World! 😉👍

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

LOL, the 1 Down-Vote really comes from the Stupid David of USA - who has given me his own version of a thumbs-up to my comment because he knows, what is said IS A FACT!

Even the 1st thumbs-down to this comment will be coming from him. 🙂

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I’m never agreeing to that stupid version of your 7-continental model. It shouldn’t, and cannot change from the current 7-continent model to your new made-up and Non-Continent model, being as that will never make any sense.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

I’m hoping to see Captain America (from United States) return here on the website at some point.

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Oh look at that. The Stupid David of United States, must have given himself a 2nd name on this website, being as he has given me 2 upvotes with his 2 thumbs-down. 😉👍

The Real and True American(Canada)says...

Lol, SINGLE COUNTRIES (such as Greenland and Australia) DO NOT MAKE UP 1 ENTIRE CONTINENT ON THEIR OWN.

So Australia as a continent in your model, would be the so-called entire region of Oceania along with the country of Australia put together, while Greenland itself would be a part of the Parias continent in your model. Even the countries and territories of the Caribbean region would be a part of the ugly continent name Parias.



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