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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The United States couldn't come up with a different name of its own but took the name of the continent in which it was located in, thus America
Those who are certain that the only thing called America is the United States should tell us how did it get that name? and where from? and who invented that name to name the U.S.? the conclusion would return to the original meaning of the word :America that it is a continent!
The original meaning of the word: that it is South America. Stop lying, pinche payasa.
Americans are all those who live in the continent of America, including the people who live in the United States.
The continent of America was given the name of America not Las Americas, and its not two continents.
How is it that your conception of continents is true and different conceptions are false? Do you have proof of this? There are several different ideas of how the world is divided into continents. Is only your conception correct? Do you have factual evidence that only your conception is true? Please enlighten us.
The United States is using the name of the continent.
because Argentiniamerican is not the same as Americangertinian.
Mexico planning to make a wall in America!
It would be best if that wall starts down center america.
I am sure, you know why!.
My southern Mexican wall
two walls!.
that is a very great task and would be a great job source for everybody!
United States Embassy or
Embassy Of America, same deal. What is your retardedness?, if it is an American Embassy, then it is from America.
hahaha!
in Brazil, there is no need to say that they are south americans. They are Brazilians.
That is why in Argentina I am Argentinian. It was a race problem.
For the old Hemisphere, the eastern world, I am simply another american.
In America, I am Argentinian. That's it!.
No one else has America in its name.
United States Of America
correct!
Wrong! Our continent does. So the USA is using the continent's name.