And then there's the opposite: using America for the USA. As an "American" I always found this weird, because Canada and Mexico and how about South America...

And then there's the opposite: using America for the USA. As an "American" I always found this weird, because Canada and Mexico and how about South America... Then there's Sp. norteamericano used in Mexico as if Mexico were not on the North America continent. Names have familiar uses, besides the technical.