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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David: ou continue with the crazy explanation of yours that the map had the name "America" in what is the South of America. BAH! If you read antique maps, names sometimes are not necessarily right on top of the whole thing. Anyways, Europeans gave the new world its name to the continent, that is "America",and the name stuck as more lands were discovered. You seem to skip that part. So, let me ask you, when the USA extended itself all the way to the West annexing the Mexican states of California, COlorado, etc, according to your way of thinking, that new part is not under the United States name? Give me a break!
Don’t forget about Parias, payasa.
Of course it is under the name of the USA. It’s part of the USA. What the hell are you babbling about?
Of course is under the USA and not Mexico because as the USA expanded so the does the name. Same happen with America, as the continent expanded and found more lands, the name "America" also expanded and all those lands became part of the new continent, America.
We are not paying for that wall in America.
America was asking for an economic support from you fellows but that is fine.
Now, everybody else is opposed to that wall, leaving America the way it has been.
The greatest wall of America. Not (Of) in uppercase letter, thus in this case "of America" is not a composed named as it is in "The United States Of America" which is a name of 4 conjoined words. Thank you.
The greatest wall in America. Or maybe "The Greatest Wall In America" (for the haters).
The United States Of America
Is there any other country named America?.
Which other country is named America?
There is not any other country named America other than:
The United States Of America.
Deal with it!.
You loose and I win this game.
The United States Of America.
And please, don't tell me to write the word "of" in lower case because, you are stupid.
No, the only thing with that name is a continent, America is a continent.
And a country, as you well know. Stop your pathetic pretending.
The United States uses Of America because of the continent it is located in.
no you are the one pretending. Is it true that there is a continent that was name "America" after a Amerigo Vespucci? That this name was written on a map of the new world in the side where Brazil is today? Isn't it true that this map was hanged on German and European Universities as accepted by the society in those days to be the new world, and its name is America? Is it true that the United States was not even a thought in 1507? That the USA was born about 200 or so years after the continent was named America? Isn't it in the history books that the people in the U.S. wanted to make a continental nation thereby the idea of adding "of America" to the new nation?
“The United States uses Of America because of the continent it is located in.”
Thanks, Mrs. Obvious.
The ‘of’ isn’t capitalized. You are already bad enough, so don’t stoop to Dave’s level.
your bad English won't let you think any farther.
Everything is too american for you.
America
Perfecto, y como es tu castellano?
The composition of a name conjoined in four words which describes as follows:
United States Of America.
It actually has nothing to do with a name that is already a single word and means something, not else, but genetic.
America brings imaginations.
America stood in the western hemisphere.
And until today it still remains America!, Western harmony, new horizons, the great America!.
Then America was invaded by people that became Americans.
Those invadors named America.
After a while, those invadors named other countries in America.
One of those countries is one composed of four words as described at the beginning.
Canada is one of those countries.
Then there is The United States Of America, but, you are stupid.
there is none, but there is one that includes the word America in its name, United States of America
And it’s very commonly called ‘America’, so that’s one of its NAMES.
If it includes America as part of its name, what makes you think America is not a country?
No further discussion, you loose and I win this game.
It makes you stupid. That is why you are stupid.
The United States Of America
yes because they had a continental idea early in their history, so they used the name of the continent.
Thanks, Mrs. Obvious. You bring so much to the table.
No one would take away America from its name.
What are you pretending?, to call Mexico "United States of Mexico?.
Sorry dude. America already belongs to someone else.
Its name, United States Of America.
America is America and no one else has that name as a country.
Sorry stupid idiot.
You are still stupid.
The United States Of America
In Mexico we got united as Mexicans.
That's why it is United Mexican States.
Not "United American States" because we are not Americans, we are Mexicans.
In China they would say that you are from America.
If you are Mexican, we could say that you are american in Australia too.
But if you are stupid, you probably feel bad about it.
more respect please, Ok?
We are talking about America.
It is my choice if I wanted to act stupid but I would not be so stupid overthere.
Mexico
Mrs. Anonymous wrote: “If you read what happened, yes they took Texas thanks to the inhabitants there who chose to go with the U.S.. but they could not go down to Mexico and they retrieved.”
“Scott took Veracruz in March after a siege of three weeks and began the march to Mexico City. Despite some Mexican resistance, Scott’s campaign was marked by an unbroken series of victories, and he entered Mexico City on September 14, 1847. The fall of the Mexican capital ended the military phase of the conflict.”
“...Mexico ceded to the United States nearly all the territory now included in the states of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado...”
https://www.britannica.com/event/Mexican-American-War/Invasion-and-war
Spread into Mexico??
Yes. Mexico.
The whole thing was because of Texas! Glad you included more information. Okay, they did get to Mexico City, but the U.S. did not expanded and took all of Mexico, as some people wanted to do, (look for "All of Mexico Movement"). So, the U.S. retrieved that idea and Mexico had to give up the lands you mentioned, and the U.S paid like $15 million or so for them. Guadalupe Hidalgo somehow ended that expansion and the war. But,thank you for bringing the info that supports what I said about the U.S. idea of expanding throughout the continent. Gives more credence to the idea that the name they chose was because they were looking for a continental united states of America. Therefore, the name America was chosen as the United States were located in America.
I was right. Again. You were wrong. Again.
“Therefore, the name America was chosen as the United States were located in America.”
Thanks, Mrs. Obvious. Of course the name came from the continent. I have never argued any differently. I have never stated anything here that isn’t factually accurate. You definitely can’t say the same thing. You have never proven wrong anything that I have written here. Stop pretending that I am claiming that the name ‘America’ came from anywhere other than the continent. You are ***** that I have proven you wrong so many times, so you pretend that I don’t know more about these things than you do, and that I claim things that are false. You have NEVER proven me wrong. NEVER!!!
So what is the name of the continent again?
in English to say "America" is short for "United States of America" in informal daily use (the official one is "United States")
To say America in Spanish is to refer to South America and North America together.
No matter what language you speak.
Argentina is Argentina and America is America.
But, you are stupid.
You, stupid idiot.
The United States Of America
So how can one be so stupid that thinks America is for the country and not for the continent when the name was COINED for a continent! There is no historical fact one can find where the United States baptizes the country with a name that is not the continent's. Or where do you think America came from?
Thanks, Mrs. Obvious.
‘United States’ is the short form of the name. ‘United States of America’ is the official name. ‘America’ is an alternative name.
There are Spanish speakers who use ‘América’ to refer to the USA. There are Spanish speakers who use ‘Americano’ to refer to US citizens. Let’s not pretend otherwise.
so what is to say Africa in English and Asia or how do you say it in Spanish? Is it only America the one that has the problem with the English using it only for a country? Many other countries teach five continent model and America is just one.
You are born in Canada, you are Canadian,
You are Born in Mexico, you are Mexican.
Why does there have to be an issue when it comes to the name "America"?
They are born in America, and they would forever be Americans!
But, all of you prefer to act stupid.
Born in America means that he is American.
The United States Of America
maybe she is american.
wrong, if I was born in Costa Rica, I am a Costa Rican, but also an American from the continent of America. Just like a person born in Italy, is Italian, and also an European from the continent of Europe.
We all know that Argentinians are not Americans but Argentinians.
We all know that Mexicans are not Americans, they are Mexicans.
Americans are the people of America.
But, we also know that Mexicans and Argentinians are americans too. They are still Mexicans and Argentinians hahahahahaha
The United States Of America
I don't care about your facts.
Same facts that make America a confusion.
There are not two America.
Its name, United States Of America.
Their people. The American people!.
You are stupid.
are you now telling me if I should use "of" instead of "Of"?
You are still stupid.
United States Of America
your the troll you have posted more than me!!!!!!!!
Frequent posting and being a troll aren’t the same thing. Think!!!