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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Comments (1429)
It is wrong to call United Statians as Gringos or Americans.
it's also wrong to call us Yankees
Cubans and Spaniards don’t commonly refer to Americans as ‘americanos’.
‘Las Américas’ doesn’t exist in Spanish.
It does.
The word ‘America’ was created by a native speaker of a Romance language, so Latinos have “more rights” to the word.
Canadians do have More Rights to the 2 words …
America (the name) and American (the demonym) …
… MORE THAN the country of United States as well!!!
Canadians get to have as many rights as Latinos do!!!
‘America’ originally referred to all of the Americas.
Only Americans call themselves Americans. Only Americans call their country America.
‘America’ is not a word.
BraZiLIAns DoN’T caLL AMEriCans “aMEricAnOS”
This is just a helpful reminder that the 5 rings of the Olympic flag DOES NOT prove that it is incorrect to call the USA ‘America’. I have noticed that some of you are too simple-minded to understand this. Also, the use of America’s official name during the opening ceremony DOES NOT prove that it is incorrect to call the USA ‘America’.
I am here to educate you. You so desperately need to be properly informed.
Go, America! Let’s win the most medals again!
Cry harder. XD
You are wrong X2. The Olympic Flag and Opening Ceremonies DO PROVE that it is incorrect to call the USA ‘America’!
I am here to educate you a lot more! You so desperately need to be properly informed!
Go Canada, my American Team! Let’s win the most medals in 2021! :D
OMG!!! 491 signs!!! Just 9 more to 500.
https://www.change.org/americacontinent
We are doing it guys.
OMG!!! Billions of people around the world are using ‘America’ and ‘Americans’ to refer to the US and its citizens. We are doing it, guys.
It has been wrongly used. Misused! As the example I gave long time ago...with the Kleenex being misused as all types of tissue! People often ask for a "Kleenex" even when the tissue's brand is not Kleenex. That is what might have been happening with the name America which is the actual name of the continent but the country made up of the Union of States in the North of the continent has been using it the wrong way just as the people who use the name Kleenex the wrong way.