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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While the continent got its name from a cartographer who traveled through the Caribbean, Florida and mainly the eastern coast of Brazil, Amerigo Vespucci (Some have contested the real name to be Alberigo and that he got the name Amerigo from the Nicaraguan mountains Amerikes when he had to stop there to get away from a storm) others were putting it on writing somewhere in Germany and on a map. Later this map was distributed all over Europe and hanged on Universities and thus the name for the new world was accepted as America. Many other cartographers continued making new maps to add new lands discovered to the continent of America.
The new world was coined and accepted as the fourth part of the world a new continent called "AMERICA". In this continent, a nation formed by different sovereign States with the intention to be strong enough to stay as a union so that other countries in the old world, thus Europe(mostly) would stop their intervention and control of the new lands. This new people from the union of states were especially interested in letting Europe know that they were no longer possession of any of the old world kingdoms such as Spain, and mostly England. England was in Europe and the states were ruled by the king of England. For the Europeans, those in the states were in another continent not in Europe so they would call them the Americans because they were in the continent of America. This would even be before the United States even came to be a nation. So, people knew back then that the continent was America and the nation was not yet born.
And then many people began to call the US ‘America’.
exactly but erroneously!
What rule is it breaking that makes it wrong? Think, idiota. Think!
Common sense! A lie does not come true just because it has been repeated millions of times and people think is the truth! You yourself know that the continent's name is America. How did the U.S. come to grab the name if it was the name of the continent which houses other nations and not just the U.S.? Just because a nation is powerful does not mean it has done the right things all the time. Actually, most powerful nations have stepped onto smaller nations without consequences. The result from imperialistic nations is that they do what they please in the world and since they are the winners, they write their own history in the way they see it or want others to see it. You were brought up with that side of the story and have a very hard time see it from the eyes of others. Try.
Tinker Bell Real and True, can you make a valid argument that is supported by facts? How am I the one with the reading comprehension problem when it was you who misread what I wrote? You can’t even come up with your own words that make any sense. You just copy my words and misapply them to me when they actually perfectly describe your idiocy. Canada has one of the best education systems in the world. You obviously didn’t benefit from it. Maybe they have a comfy home for the mentally defective that you can reside in. You can alternate between staring out the window and drawing with crayons. Just make sure you don’t eat them.
There goes more of your BS again.
I’m one of those people who do make sense with my own words. I do not speak my own idiocy. So …
Your 2nd to 4th sentences are definitely what describes your idiocy being as they are all incorrect.
“What U.S. Americans need do is quit pretending United States is one and same as America.”
It’s very revealing that so many of you start your “argument” with this BS. In all my life I have never read or heard someone use ‘America’ to refer to US while thinking that the US is all of the Americas. This is a classic straw man argument. You pretend that people who call the country ‘America’ think that the country is all of the Americas. The country obviously isn’t all of the Americas, so you pretend that the people who call the country ‘America’ are all horribly stupid, ignorant, and wrong. You have no real argument, so you have to start from this BS false premise. Again, there may be a few people in the world who think that the US is all of the Americas, but I have never encountered one of them. Everything about your “argument” is BS, starting from the foundation.
Anonymous’s argument is NOT BS. No one has ever said that the U.S. is all of the Americas. According to your 4th sentence, I’m impressed that you are one of many people that pretend other countries who call the country ‘America’ think that the country is all of the Americas, because most people (like myself) know that United States 🇺🇸 is not all of the Americas. So it is you David who pretends that the people who call the country ‘America’ and its people ‘American’ is the correct nationality, because all people who do refer to United States and U.S. citizens only when saying ‘America’ and ‘American’, are all horribly stupid, ignorant, and wrong.
This shows you have no real argument, so you have to start from your BS false premise. Again, you are one of a possible few people in the world who think that the US is all of the Americas, but I have never encountered one of them (including you) in person. So everything about “your argument” David “is BS”, starting from the foundation, because my argument is NOT AT ALL BS and never will be.
I specifically said that I have never met anyone who considers the US to be all of the Americas. I don’t think it’s all of the Americas. You need to work on your reading comprehension.
I wrote: “The country obviously isn’t all of the Americas…”.
You might be even stupider than Mrs. Anonymous. I didn’t think that was possible. Congratulations.
She is not stupider than me and I am NOT even stupider than Mrs. Anonymous. Both her and I are NOT even stupid at all.
So you need to work on your reading comprehension and know that you might be even stupider than yourself being the stupidest on this site. I didn’t think that was possible. Congratulations!
I could mention, the country of Turkey 🇹🇷 has changed its name (just this past June in 2022) to “Türkiye”. So the question is: If Turkey has changed its name, just as recently as over 4 months ago, then … why can’t USA do the same thing (like Turkey) by changing its current name to something different that is more better for them? I just think, what should stop or prevent them from changing their current name, as of 2022?
Turkiye, has always been "Turkey's" real name.
In case of "United States of America" the genitive "of America" simply states where "United States" was founded.
It need not change its name. What U.S. Americans need do is quit pretending United States is one and same as America. Motives being obvious, they should be happy they can get away with using the term U.S. American (which translates to American from the United States). The alternative being United Statesian which many not all seem bitter about.
This shouldn't be controversial but good luck getting through to most of them.
Hi Anonymous! I like your comment. However, I would like to know your nationality, if you don’t mind!
The US could change its name, but it won’t anytime soon, if ever, because there is practically zero desire among the general public or the government to do so. Whiners like you are few in number, and most of you aren’t Americans, so your crying isn’t going to get a law passed to officially change the name of the country.
"most of you aren’t Americans"
Who is American?
You already know, but I will play along. In the national sense, US citizens are Americans. In the continental sense, all the people of the Americas are Americans. Context determines which sense is being used. As you know, in English ‘Americans’ almost always refers to US citizens. I’m willing to bet that even you are just intelligent enough to understand from context which meaning is being used.
@David(United States), the problem with your statement is that America is genuinely not the name of your country. It's the name of the continent your country was founded on. What you term "The Americas" is what's actually America. That's what "of America" in United States of America genuinely means. Americans being the peoples of said continent. Not of any one country in America. But I digress, U.S. Americans like yourself have been pushing misinformation across the world misleading and encouraging others into associating the term American as if it were your nationality. And then using the end result of propaganda as an argument against the truth. I know I know you don't care but even if you fail to admit it, you do know that I am factually correct.
“A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.”
― Booker T. Washington
I am NOT a whiner and I am NOT one of a few in number.
Whiners like you in the United States are few in number, and most of us in The Americas ARE AMERICANS, and I am NOT crying.
So your false information won’t stop me from calling you “stupid”.
You whiners are very few in number compared to the billions of people around the world who happily call the US and its citizens ‘America’ and ‘Americans’.
You remind me of Mrs. Anonymous claiming that there are so many of you whiners. Her “proof” is the existence of this website. Hilarious! There is a very small number of people who post here, and most of the posts come from people who create multiple accounts. Your numbers are nothing compared to billions of people.
@David … You are 1 of many whiners in the United States and I am one of many NON-whiners in all of the New World America.
@David … I don’t have numbers and “numbers”, “contexts”, etc. do NOT have anything to do with the words “America” and “American”.
Even if I did have numbers, then my numbers are something compared to billions of people. So quit your BS!
David said "and most of you aren’t Americans,"..........And that is where you are WRONG David! People who were born in the continent of America are Americans just as you would call those from Europe; EUROPEANS, or those from Asia; ASIANS, or from Africa; AFRICANS. SO yes those from America are AMERICANS.
Do you also have a problem with the official name of the country, not just the unofficial name of ‘America’? The government can only change the official name. It cannot prevent people from using the unofficial name ’America’. Even if the government did change the official name, lots of people would still call the country ‘US’, ‘USA’, ‘United States’, etc.
You're correct in stating that no one can stop individuals from deceiving themselves and others in to believing that America is the name of a country.
Billions of people call the USA ‘America’. If this isn’t a name for the USA, then what is it?
name /neɪm/
n., v., named, nam•ing, adj.
n. [countable]
a word or phrase by which a person or thing is identified or known
https://www.wordreference.com/definition/name
It’s amazing how many idiots there are like you. You don’t like how billions of people use the name ‘America’ so you pretend that it’s not a name for the US. You know damn well that it is an unofficial, common, colloquial name for the US. How can it be used as a name for the US but not be a name for the US? You cannot honestly and factually answer this question because ’America’ obviously is a name for the US. Your BS doesn’t alter reality.
@David … Just as Anonymous would say: “A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right, and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.” (In this case, billions of people) ― Booker T. Washington!
Of course, Anonymous hasn’t stated BS, so you have to stop saying your BS!
and just because people can't stop calling the US as America it should be correct?
Who the heck are you Chong H. You said a lie.
We all know that Argentinians ARE BOTH AMERICANS AND ARGENTINIANS!
We all know that Mexicans ARE BOTH AMERICANS AND MEXICANS!
Of course, Americans are the people of AMERICA, which is THE NEW WORLD!
But, we also know that U.S. Citizens and United Statesians are Americans too.
USA is still United Statesians by nationality though, hahahahahaha!!
The United States OF America!
Oh great. I thought I was replying to Chong H. (from China) under his comment, but it turns out not. Anyway, I will hate to see the Annoying David return and start replying to my comment anytime now.
Trinitarians can't see through the lies they were fed and indoctrinated with in much same way as U.S. Centrics can't through their own. Reason takes a backseat when one is led by emotions. Believing they must be right because how can so many people be so wrong.
Just wanted to establish this so that both sides going forward understand each others dilemma. And are aware about the fact that in both cases each formulates arguments derived from fidelity to their desired conclusion and corrupt sources.
God of Abraham to Israelites:
Isaiah 43:10
10 You are my witnesses,and my servant whom I have chosen, so that you may know and believe me and understand that I am he. Before me no god was formed,nor will there be one after me. 11 I, even I, am the Lord, and apart from me there is no savior. 12 I have revealed and saved and proclaimed— I, and not some foreign god among you. You are my witnesses, that I am God.
My advice, learn Hebrew
Genesis chapter 1 "26 And God said: 'Let us make man in our image, after our likeness; and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth." and 27 "And God created man in His own image, in the image of God created He him; male and female created He them.". Three Divine persons in one GOD. Jesus is God the same as the Father is God and the Holy Spirit is God. The mystery of the Trinity is that they are all one GOD. You might not comprehend because only the Spirit of God can know the things of God. If you you let the Spirit of God lead you, you might understand a little bit but not the whole mystery.
But in this one is clear that God was walking and they didn't say the Spirit of God this time. Genesis 3; 8 " And they heard the voice of the LORD God walking in the garden toward the cool of the day; and the man and his wife hid themselves from the presence of the LORD God amongst the trees of the garden."
And another one: from Genesis 1 ;2 " Now the earth was unformed and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep; and the spirit of God hovered over the face of the waters." Noticed how the spirit of God hovered over the face of the water and the holy scriptures don't say "God hovered over the face of the water.." You can't equate this with the USA naming itself America.
and yet another mystery: Genesis chapter 3; "22 And the LORD God said: 'Behold, the man is become as one of us, to know good and evil; and now, lest he put forth his hand, and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live for ever.'" Think about it "is become one of us".
As I understand the country is called "United States of America" in its entirety, but they abbreviate it in two ways, "United States" and "America", the first being the official way and the second not.
United States of America is the long form name and United States is the short form name. America being where it was founded along with 30+ other countries is what the United States makes reference to in deriving its long form name. Prevalent ignorance which some despite knowing better fancy is not truth's equal.
Son of God is not himself God. just as the United States of America is not itself America.
Fact most Christians (Catholics & Protestants), including some posting here, pray to Jesus does not in fact make Jesus God. The Son of God is not himself God. Furthermore, Jesus was not the only one called "Son of God." This term was never meant to be taken literal as pagan's Hercules being Son of Zeus. But since pagan-centric Europe was the one who had most impact on the spread of Christianity, what survives of scripture hence came to be interpreted and understood through their pagan conceptions. Why most Christians came to worship the God of Tertullian instead of the God of Abraham.
No offence intended, hope everyone can appreciate that facts don't care about our feelings
I already explained the usual linguistic phenomenon of abbreviating INFORMALLY, in this case "America". In addition to the fact that this abbreviation is only used in everyday speech, artistic works (films and series for example) and newscasts, and not in official texts of the US State/government or in those of scientific and sociological research, in which they logically use the abbreviation "United States".
Not an example to why the U.S. calls itself America! Why? Because Jesus IS the Son of God, Almighty, God of Abraham. John 10:30 "I and the Father are one". Jewish people who accepted Jesus wrote the books and Gospels fo the Bible. The Jewish religion believed in one God and not many gods as pagans Europe or anywhere else believe.
Uy! Este ta te loco!
(ooh! this guy is too crazy!)
The Trinity is One Almighty God derived from three persons:
1. God the Father
2. God the Son
3. God the Holy Spirit
Count them, these three gods being listed are in fact the same God. Three individuals(persons) who are at the same time the same individual(God). Problem is that you are using human reasoning not divine reasoning.
When God uses the Majestic Plural We, Our, etc.. God is affirming the Trinity (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit). Tri-union of three gods as one AlMighty God. What we Christians call the Holy Trinity.
So you see we don't believe in more than one God. We believe in One God that's the product of the union of three Gods (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). That should totally makes sense now.
The "Mystery" becomes clearer once you've had a sip of the kool-aid and/or have had a lobotomy
What pleasant surprise. Hindus like myself also believe God is a Trinity. We call them the Trimurti: God the Creator, God the Maintainer and God the Destroyer. Three persons One God. It's like we believe in same God. Must share this with friends. Thank so very very much.
Transportes Unidos de Merlo
The confusion
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