Switzerland is Switzerland, not "Europe." Nor is Switzerland "The United Cantons of Europe," although it is a union of cantons--in Europe. The United States of America and the United Arab Emirates (of Asia, or UAE) are the only two countries on the entire face of Earth without proper names of their own. The problem of wrongly using "America" to identify the USA is so widespread now, that it would be impossible to change that. Another crappy habit we have is that of incorrectly calling Redskins, Arapahos, Cherokees, etc., "Indians." These nasty, terrible, ignorant, habits of centuries are not going to correct themselves... unless... the U.S. were to conduct a national plebiscite in order to baptize itself. Such an important country, as the US indeed is, should definitely have a name of its own!

I so agree with this website. We are all Americans from Canada down to the southern tip (I am not sure what country is on the southern tip without a little research) of South America. A lot of people from the states have usurped "America" and it is commonly used to describe just us. This is not true. Mexicans are Americans. Canadians are Americans. I may not have a lot of agreement on this site, but I don't really care:)

It asks below what country I am in and it states the United States.

The word ‘America’ has multiple meanings. One of those meanings is ‘the Americas’. Because of this meaning, America is the Americas. Another meaning of ‘America’, one regularly used by billions of people in many languages, is ‘the United States of America’. Because of this meaning, America is the United States of America. This is just how language works. It doesn’t matter if you don’t like it. Formal logic and set theory have absolutely nothing to do with it. Languages are not inherently and consistently logical in the way that mathematical logic is.

"America" means "las tierras de Américo" (the lands of Americo). Américo Vespucio (italian name: Amerigo Vespucci) was the explorer who realized that Columbus didn't land in India, but in a new continent. Americo never set foot on the current territory of the United States. Americo explored SOUTH America instead. The first time the name "America" appeared on a map, it was written over Brazil. So, what do the United States have to do with Americo or America?

If America is the United States, where is South America? In Texas?

I just want to say, as a New Mexican, that we aren’t like the other gringo states in the United States. We have a unique culture that is just as colorful and historic as any country in Latin America. I’m so sorry that we let the United Stations steal our land and “United Statify” us. Trust me, we really are trying hard to keep our Latin American heritage alive no matter how hard the US is trying to change us. Believe me, we aren’t like the other states, we are uniquely New Mexico.

My father always told me that the whole continent is America and he hated when people referred to the United States as simply "America". I do have to point one thing out, during the Olympic games, do you ever see a uniform that says "America" or does it say "USA"?

I watched a recent French/German documentary called ‘The Age of Tanks’. It revealed a lot about the current international usage of ‘American’ and ‘U.S. American’. Every person interviewed—whether speaking English, French, German, or Russian—used their language’s version of the word ‘American’ to refer to citizens of the U.S. They also used the adjective form to refer to things of or relating to the U.S. Only the English-speaking narrator ever used the term ‘U.S. American’, and she used it only sometimes. She regularly used ‘American’ as an adjective and noun to refer to the U.S. and its citizens. So, ‘U.S. American’ is showing up a little bit out there in the world, but ‘American’ dominates in many languages, among billions of people.

I am a United Station?

This is ridiculous. Why can a person identify as a boy or girl but cannot identify as an American?

I am American from Maryland. When i go abroad i say im from America. If they get offended and say they are too, I tell them no, you are from Columbia as Columbia does not have the name America in it. USA of course does. I feel people are just looking for reasons to be offended. Seriously, never ever going to change.