Don’t tell German (Argentina) about this. He thinks Argentina’s greatest accomplishment is that such a high percentage of its population pretend to be 100% European. They can’t keep the lights on, but, hey, aren’t they so very white? At least they’ve got that going for them.

I voted this nonsense up by mistake.

I'm from Argentina, and people in this "Latin American" country seem to have more European DNA than those in the United States. Traveling in New York metro, I see myself much whiter than 95% of the United Statesians there. I don't feel that way when I take the metro in Buenos Aires, where I pass unnoticed and feel I'm just one of the crowd. All my ancestors are from either France or Italy. In the US there are many blacks. Argentina and Uruguay are the whiter countries in America.

Unfortunately for you and Argentina, it takes a lot more than a high percentage of white people to have a competently managed government and economy. Argentina went from one of the wealthiest countries in the world 100 years ago to the basket case that it is today. Obviously more is needed than just whiteness and Argentines’ expert knowledge of the names of national capitals.

Burn.

And the USA is going the same way!

All countries are exceptional in their own ways, the United States is too. What is good about the United States is that is its powerful and mighty. This characteristic of the U.S. has been good and bad for the world.

The United States is in America.

That is why it is called The United States of America.

And not United States is America.

Hawaii is not in the American continent, but it is still one of the states that form the union.

Nope! One continent not two otherwise the name changes and that is what the USA wants you to think is the correct way.

If we don’t like being called United Statians, which we don’t, we will simply continue calling ourselves ‘Americans’, and our country ‘America’. Many other people around the world will continue doing this too. Language doesn’t follow your fake rules, no matter how much you cry.

The meaning of the word "America" changes when people make the changes and this is what happened with the U.S. People in the U.S. started using the name "America" to call their country even though the name belonged to the continent in which the U.S. is located. The word was changed by the actions of the U.S. and this action is in question today more than ever since the technology helps other people in America see how the U.S. has managed to use the name of the continent and spread it across the world as if it was always theirs to take. Trying to excuse the actions taken by the U.S., by saying that meanings of words change is absurd! Yes, meanings of words do change, but in this case, the meaning of the name America did not change, the continent is still named America.

Many people around the world? What do you know about the world? I bet you don't even know what the capital of Austria is. For your information, you have all Spanish speaking countries attached to the original and true definition of "America", a name they invented 511 years ago. All European countries but the UK also consider America to be a unique continent. America is a "latino" name. If your president hates anything "latino", why don't you run a contest for your country's name?

And, of course, at the end of the day, no matter what you write, no matter what you think, no matter what you want, no matter what you need, ‘America’ and ‘American’ will be used, by people all over the world, to refer to the United States and its citizens. You know this. You cannot do anything about it. Nothing. Nada. We have already won.

You won nothing - more and more people are stopping Calling The Unites States "America"

Because they know that America is a continent and NOT a country as you think it is.

People call the country ‘America’ because they know that one of its meanings is the United States of America. You lost this battle even before you starting posting your nonsense.

How do you like them apples?

As long as they are granny smith apples

You forgot about Central America. America is North America,Central America and South America.

Why do people forgot about Central America, Poor Central America.

They didn’t forget about Central America. In the two continent model of the Americas, Central America is part of North America, so when North America is mentioned, it includes Central America. Please learn some basic facts before posting. Your errors are tiresome.

Your errors are tiresome as well. CHECK YOUR FACTS

What you say is very unlikely! Wouldn't the illegal immigrants coming through the South border be then called North Americans rather than Central Americans?????

Roda, you are truly dumber than dirt.

America is NOT a continent. North America and South America are. America is a country. It is kinda like saying you are from New York, when you are actually from New York City. Both are correct

Okay what continent is your America in and what countries are in your America?

You are wrong. The correct logic is "all people from NYC live in the State of NY, but not all people from the State of NY live in NYC". The same way, all people from the USA live in America, but not all people from America live in the USA.

Prove it! Prove that internationally the lawful name of the United States is America!

It’s funny that you, of all people, are asking for proof. You are such a hypocrite. You won’t admit the obvious that the 1507 Waldseemüller map clearly shows that only South America is labeled as ‘America’. Therefore, your definition of ‘America’ — that it is all of the Americas — is not the original meaning of the word. It is just one of many different meanings, in different languages, of the word. Where is your proof that when Schöner said that Parias IS NOT part of America, that he meant that it IS part of America? Answer me that, you bu11sh1t artist.

Chico, David, a ti te hace falta un pedazo de historia. El nombre de America fue dado a el nuevo mundo, el nuevo continente que estaba creciendo a como se hiban encontrando mas tierras. Porque el continente se expandia cada vez mas que se encontraban nuevas tierras, no quiere decir de que el nombre cambiaba de significado, al contrario se entiende de que su significado probablemente ya estaba definido en las mentes de los Europeos con la idea de que America era, hiba a ser, y seria, el cuarto continente, o cuarto mundo. El significado no cambio, solo se extendio a las nuevas tierras ayacentes. Tu teoria de que las palabras/nombres cambian de significado no sirve como ejemplo del porque los Estados Unidos se apropio del nombre del continente.

There is no official document where the United States is referred to as simply "America". Their United Nations desk is labelled "United States".

What don’t you understand about the concept of common or colloquial names? It isn’t difficult. Official documents are very unlikely to refer to the USA as ‘America’ because that isn’t the country’s official name. Duh!

However, as is completely obvious, ‘America’ is most definitely a very commonly used colloquial or common name for the USA. How does proving the obvious fact that ‘America’ is not the USA’s official name disprove the obvious fact that ‘America’ is one of the USA’s colloquial names? I will give you a hint: it doesn’t.

So you have always been wrong then. Anyone with the slightest bit of intelligence and honesty knows that the USA has a name. Actually, it has several. It has both official names and common or colloquial names. Please think before you comment. Thanks.