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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Of course: Pelé is the best American football player
Hey, what's the best football player from America?
Give us some context, payaso.
It’s “who’s”, not “what’s”.
Lionardo Messi an Argentinian is considered the best American and World football player.
From America? Messi
Enner Valencia of Ecuador
Mrs. Anonymous, you are a quintessential snowflake when it comes to this topic. American leftists aren’t the only snowflakes in the world.
jajaja
In this lesson, students will be sensitized to the inclusive and exclusive uses of "America" and "American".
https://bit.ly/3f3kkku
The University of Arizona, College of Social & Behavioral Sciences
To show that I am as secure in my identity as Latin Americans, I am going to start a website in which I whine and cry about disrespect, theft, exclusion, and oppression because Latin Americans sometimes use ‘América’ to refer exclusively to Latin America. That’s not what the name means! They’re stealing the name! Why are they so ignorant and insensitive?!?
Mrs. Anonymous, before you subject us to your BS, I am not being serious. People are free to use ‘América’ to refer to just LA. It isn’t incorrect. It doesn’t bother me. Names very often have multiple referents, as is the case with ‘América’ and ‘America’.
Hey to name a city with the name of the continent in honor of it, it should not be an issue. But the issue is that the U.S. is using as a country name the actual name of the continent as many people know it and learned it. A city wouldn't have this conflict with let's say, the federal government offices because it is such a small place that it would not be competing with the continent as the U.S. is when it uses the continent's name. And please, when you try to use this SENSITIVITY issue, let me tell you it doesn't work. It is not a sensitive issue for if it was you would be hearing it from the snowflakes and the left in the U.S. would had already bowed to it.
I used LA to refer to Latin America. Nobody calls Los Angeles ‘América’. I assumed that you would understand this from the context since Latin America was clearly mentioned. Given your amply-demonstrated intellectual deficiencies, I should have known that you can’t be relied upon to understand the context of a statement.
Your reasoning on the difference between calling a city and a country ‘America’ is more of your typical BS. It’s just more of your nonsensical justifications that have no basis in reality. It isn’t incorrect in any way to call the US ‘America’.
Sorry but he teacher needs a good lesson. He is a bit confused on what he is teaching. Ibero America is not called like that out of pride! Latin America is also not a name out of pride. Anglo America is not a name out of pride. And trying to make this a sensitive issue is actually twisting the whole issue.
Costa Rica is in America.
The United States is in North America.
“American for the American continent...jajaja”
Payasa, the remark mentions neither ‘American’ nor ‘continent’.
Payasa, are you lying or are you delusional? Which is it?
Chill David! The one imagining things is you! When I wrote, "Of course, American for the American continent...jajaja" That was my own thought and not that it was found in the link from the U.N. I suggested that and it was my opinion. It was that perhaps that was because American inhabitants are American from the Continent.
‘America’ is not the official name of the US. However, ‘American’ is the official name used by the UN for an inhabitant of the US.
Bring on the crying, whining, lies, and BS. I love seeing how you deal with facts that you don’t like. Your delusions and warped reasoning are fascinating.
Here’s the relevant official UN website for your enjoyment: https://bit.ly/3SksAdt
Did you read the "REMARK"? Of course, American for the American continent...jajaja
“Once the full name has been mentioned or where space is limited as for instance in a table the following shorter form may be used: the United States.”
This remark?
Yes. Does it say "America"? NO.
WOW!!! Your monumental stupidity NEVER fails to impress me. I never claimed that the UN officially calls the USA ‘America’. I never claimed this because I know that the UN doesn’t do this.
Your response perfectly represents how pathetic you and your “arguments” are. Do you really think that you proved me wrong in any way? You are so pathetic that all you can do is celebrate such imaginary “victories”. The fact still remains that you have NEVER taken a direct quote of anything I have written, and proved it to be factually inaccurate. You are such a clown. Nice try, payasa. It’s the absolute best you can do.
This behavior of yours is exactly what I was writing about. Are you lying or are you delusional when you claim to win some small victory? It has to be one or the other. Which is it? Payasa.
Chill David no one is competing here except YOU! Discussions are good to bring out opinions and find why things have gone the way they have. I feel bad for you. You seem to be in a different level here and insults don't help you. You are imagining things and I didn't say you claimed anything about the U.N. My answer was very simple for you to see that even if they have written "American" as the inhabitants of the U.S., which I later wrote in my own words "American from the American continent", that your continuous rhetoric that it is okay for the U.S. to use the name of the continent for the country's name would not pass the U.N. test. I never said that what I wrote was mentioned in the link of the U.N. you provided. This was my remarks if you can't tell you need to reread it again.
Dios bendiga con sabiduría y amor este nuestro continente, América la autentica, y todas nuestras gentes.
Feel you brother.
Notice how the text under the heading “Esquisse Historique” says “…continent de l’Amérique septentrionale…”. Notice how NA is clearly labeled as ‘Amerique Septentrionale’ and SA as ‘Amerique Meridionale’.
Notice the year is 1825.
https://bit.ly/3CH1Td8
Think you might appreciate this map. The map maker makes use the term continent for both the whole continent and the subcontinents.
https://tinyurl.com/mv6smrb3
Nice to meet you but life is to short.
He doesn’t call them subcontinents. You gave it your best shot. Unfortunately for you, you’re handicapped by your intellectual deficiencies. You never had a chance.
Perhaps I wasn't clear. The point is that the term continent is used for both the sum (America) and its parts (qualified as North and South).
Seems you have spend too many years on this forum exposed but resistant to clear knowledge that America is the name of the whole continent. Maybe you should take some time off, walk outside and get some sun. Good luck to you and all the best.
What you just said matches up perfectly with what I have always been saying here. Over time and space people have used different conventions for naming and dividing the continents. Even one cartographer can call all of the Americas one continent while also calling NA and SA continents on the same map. The names can and often do change. What the names refer to can and often does change. There is no total consistency within languages or among languages.
I never say that any way of naming or dividing the continents is wrong. I never say that only my preferred conventions are correct. It is other people like you and most of the other commenters who arrogantly and incorrectly say that other people are wrong when they do things differently than you do. None of the conventions are wrong. There is no one way of doing things that is the only true and correct way.
A name is literally just a string of sounds or a string of letters which we arbitrarily assign meaning to. The name ‘America’ is just sounds and letters. It isn’t actually a piece of land. Sounds and letters aren’t land. All names are created by humans. We give them their meaning. These meanings often change over time. This is the normal process of semantic change. The portion of this change that you don’t like isn’t incorrect just because you dislike it. It is very arrogant, ignorant, and childish of you to think that your preferences are the only correct way of doing things.
David what would you say if this was a real issue but of course we know is not however your view that a name can be taken or used by anyone here it is: hypothetically if another nation (similar in size and power to the U.S.) decides to name itself "America" what would be the U.S. response? Let's go even further, if that new nation decides to name itself United States of America what would be the U.S. reaction or as you suggest there shouldn't be any reaction since there seems there are no laws against using some other continent or nation's name. This would be okay according to the way you think or not?
Adjective noun
word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else.
Yes. An adjective that is part of the name of the “continent de l’Amerique Septentrionale”. Just as ‘North’ is an adjective in the name of the continent ‘North America’.
Who said you couldn’t contribute? You’re very clever.
Why ignore the obvious, North America is a sub continent of America.
Not according to all the naming conventions of the continents. Think!
North, Central, South, East, West, Central denote regions. For example North Europe is a subcontinent of Europe. Why do you specifically target America?
Because, as you know, many people consider there to be two continents in the Americas, you moron. North America and South America. Nobody considers Europe to be divided into two continents.
And what is your incentive in wishing to think that there's more than one America? Yes, qualified as North and South to distinguish one America from the other.
Just trying to understand your motives here.