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We usually say “North Americans” to refer to people who live in North America, and “South Americans” to refer to people who live in South America. The word “American” is the adjective for both the US, and the continent (America).
16 Νοε 2010 · It's actually just the result of using half of the country's full name to save time. The country is officially called "the United States of America". In fact, if you think about it, something like "the United States" doesn't quality as an unambiguous country name.
Most people in English would not call Canadians, Guatemalans, nor Peruvians "Americans" just because they live on the American continents. The word "American" is specifically a person from the USA. If you really want to be that specific, you'd have to say something like "people from the US".
The United States of America is called 美国 (Pinyin: měiguó; Jyutping: mei5 gwok3) while the continents of the Americas are called 美洲 (Pinyin: měizhōu; Jyutping: mei5 zau1). There are separate demonyms derived from each word and a United States citizen is referred to as 美国人 ( Pinyin : měiguó rén ; Jyutping : mei5 gwok3 yan4 ).
6 Ιουν 2018 · Only some people in the US use hyphenated American identities. Others are proud to be simply American. As to the reasons why people use these terms, they vary wildly. In the early 20th century, referring to people as "German-American" or "Irish-American" was often meant to offend.
30 Ιαν 2017 · Latin-American countries have been quite adept at coming up with new ways of referring to their northern neighbors. Yet, some of these names for U.S. citizens aren’t particularly complimentary. Sometimes people from the U.S. are called Americanos (Americans).
18 Ιουλ 2011 · I think you should be called by where you live or where you were born, whichever you identify with more, regardless of where your parents or ancestors are from. I would prefer to be called American because I was born in America and live in America.
