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 cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, so quoted in the United States to explain the origin of the word America or the sea, the "name" of his country (actually nickname), put it on what they now call South America !!! or sea! we are the original America!!!!
This is why I suggest that we follow their advice and leave them America, we declare ourselves a continent! and that we rename ourselves ... ORIGINAL AMERICA!!!!
(North America and Original America)
*"that is" not "or the sea", translator error
Learn more English please
¡No quiero! ¿para qué? ¡Si entendiste!
keep learning English, ridiculous.
!!!!Viva América Original!!!!
Some people here do not go by history, they are only going by what people do and say thanks to the conditioning of a nation to use the name of the continent for its name.
We should all follow the “history” that taught you that the US didn’t spread into Mexico. Your knowledge of history is beyond reproach. We can all learn so much from you.
What about the “history” you are always spouting that ‘America’ originally referred to all of the Americas, even though you know perfectly well that it originally referred only to South America. I know you know this fact because I was the one who educated you about it. Just like I educated you about the US taking half of Mexico. Just like I educated you about many other things. Your “arguments” are based on BS.
Look, Mexico did not become part of the U.S. When I say Mexico I mean Mexico as a nation. You are silly with your interpretation of the map of 1507 and having the name America in where Brazil is today, if you read the written piece of Matthias Ringmann and Martin Waldseemuller, you will see that they were referring to the entire new world, a new continent, a fourth part of the world, not just south of the new world.
You are the most hardheaded student I have had...lol
America is the name given to the one continent in the Western Hemisphere. Or does anyone have a different story on how the name America was not given to the continent but to a nation? Where did the name America originated from? Where is the history behind this name? and how does it fit with the United States?
they originated the name for the continent initially, later they created the greatest American Union besides other countries acquiring names, no one else could keep America as an name other than the same people that brought that word to the western hemisphere. The eastern hemisphere was already messed up with slavery and colonies, they navigated through the world doing what they knew what to do, colonized less civilized people.
Who knows where the word "America" originated, maybe the dude tried to say -"A miracle" when he saw ground, his slaves that were navigating with him got to their conclusion that he said "America".
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!