NORTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA PLUS CENTRAL AMERICA.TAKE OUT THE NORTH, THE SOUTH AND THE CENTRAL WHAT IS LEFT AMERICA. Don’t take my word for any of it, but don’t deny this information unless you research it first. I have been looking for information on how was it that the United States chose the name “America” and where did it get it from? However, there has been no refute or comment about that! I think America is also named for Mercia, a region in Anglo-Saxon England from 518? Prelims on ESPN+ at 5 PM ET, main card on ESPN+ at 8 PM ET, Humans might not have evolved if things were slightly different. Just one last though: If the United States (not America) is the best country in the world, how come it’s always far from ranking first in the Human Development Index? skinink: "The family was trying to get to Portland, Maine, but a travel agent accidentally booked them a flight to the Portland International Airport (PDX) in Oregon, instead of Maine's Portland International Jetport (PWM). July 4th. THESE COUNTRIES DON’T BELONG NOR FOUND ON THE CONTINENTS OF ANTARCTICA, ERUOPE, ASIA, OCEANIA NOR AFRICA. Just sad when others have to create a false reality! IM ALWAYS BEEN AN AMERICAN FROM AMERICA…NOT AMERIPO BRAZIL. He only navigated the South Atlantic coasts of Brazil and Argentina. Also North Africa But even if they did this would not change our name for our country. Now there are 50 states that are united…the United States. FromAlaska to Chile and Argentina. And it IS correct to do so because the demonym “American” is now synonomous with “US citizen” for most of the world. It’s improbably to lose y and k and replaced with i and c from a cartographic who lived in Alsace. There is also Central America and Latin America. The naming and renaming of the land subsequent to the, “13 Colonies”, (which in itself was incorrect) should have been correctly named by and for its inhabitants. I like being an all American mutt. “America” is the name of the WHOLE Continent, from pole to pole (including Greenland), that’s why we have South, Central and North America. The second one changed his correct ticket so they could be on the same flight. Vespucci and others were named after “America”, not vice-versa. They probably bought their tickets at a counter, and the person helping them only ever heard of PDX.It says in the article they only spoke Spanish. Americans’ when referring to their country. “America” is a continent and not a country. Flag adopted 1909. You can see perfectly clear were the name America evolved from. The USA tries to get their way just to steal the continents’ name America. Yet believable as it was not written by the many native tribes that were already here including the Tawny dark people Mr Columbus wrote about in his journey. THE ONES FROM FRANCE ARE FRENCH,GERMANY ARE GERMANS,POLAND ARE POLISHED AND GREECE ARE GREEKS BUT THEY’RE ALL EUROPEANS BECAUSE THEY’RE FROM THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE. In 1984 William Safire, concerned about the accuracy or propriety of using “American” as the name of a denizen of the United States of America, sought alternatives, finding none, such as “Unisian,” “United Statesian,” “Usian,” or Frank Lloyd Wright’s “Usonian,” satisfactory. Variants- Amurika, Amerrica, Amurru, Amaru, Amerruka, Heinrich means Home Ruler. You can make a lot of money, with slave labor. It was seen as likely that there had to be land across any Ocean, including the Atlantic. They started to colonize the land. Javascript is required to view headlines in widget. You do not want to admit that America is a Dutch/German word LOL LOL LOL. America is the land of the west, Being the name “America” more suggestive and evocative (it’s a female name, unlike “USA” which just sounds colder) it’s also an easier name on which to build a foundation for a godless, nationalistic religion, with the flag as its religious symbol (similar to the cross in Christianity), the anthem as a religious hymn (people get mad when you kneel during that…), the military as their priests (I even heard a UFC fighter, unironically nicknamed “Captain America”, years ago say after a fight that USA soldiers are the second coming of Christ on earth and that they are “dying for our sins”…), and the various presidents as the delegates of some kind of “God” on earth which “bless America” (and look down on the rest of the world, obviously, as the “America/God” religion is seen by its followers as a religious “truth”, just like the “american exceptionalism” dogma loved by both Democrats and Republicans, even though pretty much every country in the world is “exceptional” in its own way). But to think of it another way, which most Americans have and still do: the united states of AMERICA. Americans, Amurricans, Amurrukans, Amurikans, Al Maurikas, The correct name of this country is the United States of america. Great information on the name. Repeating “America is a continent and not a country” is a silly waste of breath. It is certainly correct in English to call the citizens of the United States of America “American”, but it is also correct to call any inhabitant of the American continent that way, it could be said that they are homonymous words. Example Africa was renamed after Scipio Aficanus! (Seas are often named for whatever is on the other side.) It was only after she e-mailed me the itinerary that I realised she was trying to send me to Manchester in New Hampshire (think it was New Hampshire).I used to live in Manchester NH. Runtime: 0.445 sec (444 ms). He included on the map data gathered by Vespucci during his voyages of 1501-1502 to the New World. The PDX TSA and airport in general are actually pretty well known for being one of the better organized and run outfits. Turtle Island No Catchy Nickname: Years ago, I rang up a travel agent to book a flight from Japan to Manchester, UK. (They don’t know real English even though they speak English)! Morocco actually controlled the seas and America and allowed the expelled Brits to settle in what is now North America. It is possible – perhaps even probable – that the continents were referred to as ‘America’ early after their European discovery. All of us in this new world are Americans. This is the number of comments. Also… those of you that think we are special, and we can call ourselves “American” with no regard to it’s original people in Central America… I would ask that you find 1 legal document that reads simply “America” on it. Fowler’s Dictionary of Modern English Usage (1965) observes that “the use of ‘America’ for the ‘United States’ and ‘American’ for ‘citizen of the U.S.’ … will continue to be protested against by purists and patriots and will doubtless survive the protests.” Evans’s Dictionary of Contemporary American Usage comments “If it’s any comfort to those who resent it, the usage is founded on a lazy disinclination to pronounce the longer name rather than arrogance.”. Try to find a name for your ghetto country because united states doesn’t mean nothing. Gratuitous links to sites are viewed as spam and