>The point being that the BBC and other countries only use the term after qualifying that they specifically mean the USofA or other parts of the Americas. That

>The point being that the BBC and other countries only use the term after qualifying that they specifically mean the USofA or other parts of the Americas. That is the opposite of what actually happens. Outside of the USA, when people on the street refer to "America" with no prefix of "North-"/"South-"/"Central-", they're talking about the USA without even qualifying that they're equating "no-prefix-America" = "USA". That's just what most non-Americans do. If you go to India and ask a random stranger, "Would you like to visit America?", it's already assumed that the question is about the USA. >Who says that though? People living in Hawaii naturally say that. In Hawaii, it's natural in casual conversation to say "living in America" rather than "living in the USA". Example of "As Hawaii residents, we have both the privilege of living in America, with all the perks of not actually living in the continental states." -- from: https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/privileges-hi/ https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/hawaii/privileges-hi/