Are you an American or a USA citizen?

Question

Keep in mind that America is the whole continent from Argentina to Alaska.

Answer 1

Both.

Answer 2

Argentina is a country in South America. The Argentineans are not USA citizens. The USA belongs in the continent of North America. Two very different continents.

Answer 3

American

Answer 4

First of all, the word 'American' has different usages depending on which dictionary you are looking at. If you search a U. S. English dictionary, it will state 'pertaining to the people of the U. S. However, if you look at a Spanish dictionary, it will state that it means "American, North American, or estadounidense, which means, native or inhabitant of the United States." Therefore, in this case, it can also mean ANYBODY living in the United States. People from Mexico also consider themselves 'Mexican- Americans. But, then, that's what I consider myself because I'm 3rd generation Mexican in the United States. When in Mexico, I am not considered Mexican-American.
I'm considered 'pocha' from the U. S. side. It's kind of like 'white Mexican'; but, then, in the U. S. I'm not considered 'White', nor Mexican for that matter. I'm clumped as a Hispanic with 25 other countries. So, the question is "Who or what are we?" As far as I'm concerned the rule of thumb for those people with culture: When in America, we are U. S. citizens. When in another country, we are American.However, because of ethnicity, there's no way getting around it. Even though I was an American visiting England some years back, English people would say that they knew I was American, but would question my ethnicity and the length of time that I had lived in the U. S. I would proudly tell them that my great grandmother entered the U. S. legally by train and eventually made her way up to Chicago after having lived in El Paso, Texas for a few years in search of her son and husband who were helping to build the railroad from El Paso to Chicago. As far as the English were concerned, I was a proud American!
So what am I? I'm both. And I don't have a problem with that.

Answer 5

American!

Answer 6

I am both - as a citizen of the United States of America I am also an American according to your definition. Although I may not always agree with the actions taken by this President I am proud in general to be a US citizen.

Answer 7

Actually, I'm a north American and a citizen of the USA.

America consists of three main divisions: North America, Central America, and South America.

Answer 8

Although both these terms are generally accepted to be one and the same, I have come across some people who say that they are US citizens but not Americans. When asked what was the difference between the two terms, they replied that US citizens (according to them) meant anyone who was legally a citizen of the US but Americans generally meant US citizens who were white or of European descent.

Answer 9

Neither, Aussie Citizen living in Canada...this is an international site.

I don't understand what you are trying to learn from this question.

Generally, if the "are you American" question is asked, it means are you from the U.S.A.? I get kind of steamed by this as "America" does refer to North, South and Central Americas.

An edit: Having reread your question, I have to answer that no person can be an "American" citizen because there is no country called "America".

Answer 10

They just call those other countries the America's, but to me they will never be American, their is only one America the United States of America. USA

Answer 11

Proud American