American only refers to someone from the US in English. The correct demonym for someone from "the Americas" in English would be "Americanian". (Just as Bahamas

American only refers to someone from the US in English. The correct demonym for someone from "the Americas" in English would be "Americanian". (Just as Bahamas -> Bahmanian) The other definition of American is a common confusion from Spanish and has never been in regular usage in the English language. That's because English doesn't have the concept of "America" to refer to both North and South America. Historically English defined the continents differently from Spanish, and never treated them as one.