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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America es el nombre que se le puso al nuevo continente. Todo lo demas es derivado del mismo significado del nombre. Si los Estados Unidos quiere llamarse America, eso es porque la nacion esta ubicada en America el continente. Otra razon, no la hay. El que quiera ponerse una benda en sus ojos, que lo haga, pero eso no hace que cambien las cosas como son.
The United States Of America
you might be Mexican but not American.
You are probably Ecuadorian but not American.
How ignorant you are fake Mrs. Anonymous.
Their name is composed of 4 words.
"United States Of America"
Sorry, you are not an American.
Anyone born in the continent of America is an American from the American continent. USA people are American because they are from the American continent.
If you are Mexican, then YOU ARE AMERICAN!
If you are Ecuadorian, then YOU ARE AMERICAN!
Sorry, but you are an ignorant “american (Argentina)”!
The British had other colonies in America, not located in the North of America and they still called it America because it was the name of the continent and they knew it!
How many times are you mentioning "America" in one single statement?.
That shows how poorly your composition of the English grammar is. (Matter fact, Grammar in general, not just in English).
If you are already talking about America there is no need to mention it again in one paragraph with less than 4 lines.
It creates an unnecessary waste of energy from your speech.
America, either north or south would still be it.
People in the U.S. have been conveniently taught what they wanted for you to know only. No more.
shut up you stupid.
Who are you to say such a thing?
You are just a jealous stupid brainless idiot, hahaha, and I laugh out loud.
You, still stupid.
That coma (,) is for you to make a brief pause before you read to yourself 'still stupid' hahahahahahahaha
You are stupid fake Mrs. Anonymous
Dave, for example, is someone who seem to have lost the ability to communicate well so he finds recourse through the only way he knows how to discuss; especially with the one word that seems to be his favorite or maybe he doesn't know how to answer with facts and other historical information. Or perhaps, there is none he can find to argue for his stance.
Europeans also sailed to other parts of America and called it America as well. You don't hear this because it has been wiped of from your history books.
I don't care about Europeans and so on.
I care about how we call the people from United States.
You are jealous because they are Americans and you are not hahahaha.
That is why in "North Asia" they consider themselves Europeans and no one cares.
Why would you care about Americans?
That is because you are a stupid jealous ignorant, just like the rest of your stupid fellows.
Go learn some history, you are making fool of yourself with your ramblings!
If people in the U.S. think that Europeans were only calling the British Colonies, America, get a history book because you are wrong.
who else called it "America"?
Who cares you stupid.
Paul already explained it.
America is a country if I say so. That you understand otherwise is your stupid ignorant problems.
Poor fella, I haven't seen anything intelligent or valuable for the conversation coming out of this person!
America is the name given to the new world. Historical Fact!
The United States Of America
People have been conditioned to use the name "America" to mean the United States.
Because that's its name.
How many times do I have to explain this?
You are such a brainless idiot.
United States Of America
The brainless is the person who, like you, closes of to the horizons of truth and history. What is the cost for you to lift up a history book or google things so that you can bring information on what you think you are right about to this forum?