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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We do not care what you think.
We are Americans.
anybody else is, from whatever else they are from but they would never be Americans if they are not born in thus country.
American I am, American I would be!
United States Of America
There is only one America and my country bears its name. And that is simply why people call me American.
I am American, from the new hemisphere, the new world.
Yeap, the one America is the continent and the country has copied that name and ran with it.
The name of my country is America, so, American I am.
Learn more English please
In the United States is the headquarters of an institution with a curious name ... the Organization of American States (?). I mean, are they US countries?!!
How is it curious? It is an obvious fact that ‘American’ has multiple meanings, you dumba55. Many words have multiple meanings. Stop being a proud simpleton. There is no universal law of diction that says that only your preferred meanings exist. You are such a clown.
There he goes again with America having multiple meanings! There is an original meaning, the name of a continent, and the country copied its name because the U.S. is located in that continent.
I have never argued against this. Stop pretending that I am.
who thinks otherwise?
They were believing that everybody was American, they got confused. It is technical!
Hey American Citizens, you are the best!
we are America!.
Who thinks otherwise?
United States Of America
United States Of America
Only my people are American Citizen and that is clearly understood, I do not see any confusions.
sorry, correction,
my people, American Citizens, with (s), plural. That is how you recognize what is correct or incorrect, sometimes, it becomes stupid.
We do not blame anybody.
It is okay, the new world ended to be a new America, and that America makes you confused.
Thank you again American Citizen!, be proud out there!, be an American!