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“America” means “the United States of America” in English despite that not being its original meaning, nor its meaning in various other languages (Romance langu

“America” means “the United States of America” in English despite that not being its original meaning, nor its meaning in various other languages (Romance languages especially). “Europe” doesn’t mean “the EU” in any language, though maybe it will shift and mean that someday.

jgilias 3y ago
Apparently it’s shifting as we speak, Wikipedia disambiguation page for “Europe” already lists “European Union” as one possible meaning: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_(disambiguation) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe_(disambiguation)
- nsajko 3y ago
  Some rando's Wikipedia edit is not relevant.
  - gdprrrr 3y ago
    Wiktionary has at least one source https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Europe https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/Europe
hoorible 3y ago
Yeah in French it’s the same (at least here in CAN); if someone says “en Amérique” nobody is confused about whether they mean the continent, or asks “du Nord ou Sud?” We all just get that we’re talking about the US.