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Basically, USA is a country without name. Every federalist country from America is an united states of America. South America, Central America and North America

Basically, USA is a country without name. Every federalist country from America is an united states of America. South America, Central America and North America are subcontinents. The continent is called America.

seppin 10y ago
> The continent is called America. Never, not once in writing or in speaking heard it referenced this way. American by itself references the USA, North or South America references the regions.
- rodorgas 10y ago
  From en.Wikipedia: "North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas." In most countries (including Brazil), we are taught that America is a single continent and North, Central and South Americas are subcontinents (classical view).[1] Now I see that people from USA are taught that North America is a single continent, and the reason seems obvious now. https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-North-and-South-are-a-single-continent-in-some-countries https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-No...
  - tathougies 10y ago
    The Americas is the name of the entire continent. For example, you cannot say "I'm going to America" to mean you're going to north or South America but you can say "I'm going to the Americas". This is similar to how you can say "I'm going to the Philippines" but you cannot say "I'm going to phillipines"
abiox 10y ago
it seems to me that north and south america (setting aside central for a moment) are as much of "a whole continent" as what you might call "afro-eurasia". we're talking entirely different tectonic plates - plates that don't even touch. plates that will eventually shift such that you there will be no possible land travel, and a widening gulf (admittedly in the distant future). not to mention different cultures, hemispheres, etc.

seppin 10y ago

> The continent is called America. Never, not once in writing or in speaking heard it referenced this way. American by itself references the USA, North or South America references the regions.

rodorgas 10y ago
From en.Wikipedia: "North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas." In most countries (including Brazil), we are taught that America is a single continent and North, Central and South Americas are subcontinents (classical view).[1] Now I see that people from USA are taught that North America is a single continent, and the reason seems obvious now. https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-North-and-South-are-a-single-continent-in-some-countries https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-No...
- tathougies 10y ago
  The Americas is the name of the entire continent. For example, you cannot say "I'm going to America" to mean you're going to north or South America but you can say "I'm going to the Americas". This is similar to how you can say "I'm going to the Philippines" but you cannot say "I'm going to phillipines"

abiox 10y ago

it seems to me that north and south america (setting aside central for a moment) are as much of "a whole continent" as what you might call "afro-eurasia". we're talking entirely different tectonic plates - plates that don't even touch. plates that will eventually shift such that you there will be no possible land travel, and a widening gulf (admittedly in the distant future). not to mention different cultures, hemispheres, etc.