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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From the Articles of Confederation:
Art 1 - "The Style of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/the-articles-of-confederation-1781.php
We know what the official name of the country is. And we know what its unofficial names are.
From the Articles of Confederation (1776-1777):
Art 1 - "The Stile of this confederacy shall be 'The United States of America'"
http://www.let.rug.nl/usa/documents/1776-1785/the-articles-of-confederation-1781.php
The name “America” is far too inclusive to be used by the president who said in 2017 "I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris,".
I don’t think he wants to represent any cities in Mexico or Canada either.
Simply US American! So easy, the country is called United States of America*, not only America, then "US American".
*and the part "United States of..." is not like "Republic of" in countries like Republic of Argentina, USA is the total name of the country.
But the country IS very often called America, and you know it, so don’t pretend otherwise. America isn’t its official name, of course, but we all know that it is one of its common names. Official names are not the only names that exist. The preferences of some people do not negate the reality of what the USA is very commonly called. The way things are sometimes done by some people in some languages does not determine how things are or should be done in English or any other language. It is simply a fact, and you know it, that America is one of the names of the USA.
It has been a common way to relate to the United States because of misconceptions and noone has stopped it so it spread as if it was correct. If you know that it is the name of the continent, why use it for a country in the continent only? Because no one stopped it from misusing it as such? If we go with who is really truthful, then you all loose because a common nickname or short version does not imply the correct name. OF AMERICA meant that the United States are in the continent OF America and they did this in order to differentiate the new nation from being under the influence of the European/British kingdoms.
The name America sounds far too inclusive for a country building a WALL across the Mexican border.
This site should be deleted, it's anti-American and a blight to the English Language.
YOU ARE WRONG “USAisAmerica”.
This site should NOT AT ALL and NEVER be deleted. It is NOT ANTI-American and a blight to the English Language.
It is only considered as a blight to the Ignorant Anglo-Americans!
This is flat out disrespectful to the English language. Take your pandering nonsense elsewhere.
Newsflash: NOBODY CARES.
Nobody is gonna change how they speak anyways. This is just a laughable effort that nobody will listen to.
This is so dumb. Respect the English language and culture please. Nobody speaks like this. And nobody even cares.
Ask yourself this question...who took whose name first? Who disrespected about 35 or more countries by taking the name of the continent in which they are all located in?
You're a ***** idiot. Nobody is listening to your nonsense and the real English speakers and Americans are laughing at you. Go ***** yourself and have fun being a crazy idiot.
Are you clear now about America?
If they founded America, they could take its name as well.
The United States Of America!