Americas

The Americas refers collectively to North, Central and South America.

Related Topics:
North - Central - South America

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The term is a relatively recent and less ambiguous alternative to the name America, which may refer to either the Americas or the USA. The former usage is now often considered archaic in English, but still in use in other languages, in which the Americas is often considered to form a single continent, and therefore called America (singular). The use of the term America for the United States of America in English and colloquially in other languages is seen by some as politically incorrect (it may be seen as cultural imperialism). In a sense, this is also illogical (for example, it would place South America outside America), although the context usually makes clear which 'America' is meant. This led to the emergence of the term Americas to take away the ambiguity (in English), if not the illogicality.

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America - English - ''United States of'' America - Politically incorrect - Illogical

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