USA is the one and only one name of that country and no AMERICA.Theirs citizens are USA citizens and NO Americans. The real Americans are the citizens of this whole continent called AMERICA,from Canada until Argentina. Right?
2007-06-07 06:56:44 · 20 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Actually that is a huge matter of debate in Latin America. Many Latin Americans resent the United States for proclaiming themselves as Americans. I think they began to say US is America when the immigrants from European countries began to come in in the 1800s.
2007-06-07 07:00:31 · answer #1 · answered by NONAME 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. That's two continents, so those people are called North Americans (or Norte Americanos), and South Americans (Sur Americanos). Since The United States of America is the only country in the world with America in it's name, people simply shorten the word to Americans- the rest is a mouthful.
2007-06-07 07:02:10 · answer #2 · answered by Beardog 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
America is the shorthand of the United States of America that is recognized by most nations. It is similar to calling the People's Republic of China (the full name of the nation) just China. Everyone knows what you are talking about. Read the wikipedia article, specifically under etymology to understand.
2007-06-07 07:26:19 · answer #3 · answered by msi_cord 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's idomatic yo!
The reason we are called Americans is because we are people from the United States of America. So it's shorter to call us Americans. If you learn a little bit about history you will learn how the USA was formed.
If Bolivians and Panamanians want to call themselves Americans they can. No one is stopping them.
Heck the Chineses and Arabs can call themselves Americans too if they want/ No one is stopping them.
What is your point?
2007-06-07 07:02:30 · answer #4 · answered by Billy! 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually, we are North America and South America, two continents, with a region called central america in the middle connecting the two. Although I realize we are not the ONLY americans, we are indeed americans.
2007-06-07 07:02:04 · answer #5 · answered by hichefheidi 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Wrong. USA stands for United States of AMERICA.
2007-06-07 07:00:58 · answer #6 · answered by MishMash [I am not one of your fans] 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
precisely why I tell human beings i'm a united states citizen, fairly than an American. even nonetheless a good factor of the international believes an American is a citizen of united statesa., and not any yet another united states on the north or south American continents.
2016-11-07 20:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. USA=United States of America, in case you didn't know what USA stands for. So therefore, it is perfectly logical to call ourselves Americans as opposed to United Statesian or whatever half-baked name is running through your mind.
2007-06-07 07:00:36 · answer #8 · answered by tobcol 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am guessing you are a native spanish speaker from down south?
It's a nickname, try not to upset so easily, our official name is the "United States of America"
2007-06-07 07:01:45 · answer #9 · answered by Nickoo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The real Americans were a tribe of Indians!!! They were inside the USA
2007-06-07 07:04:35 · answer #10 · answered by Whitest_American 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋