Why do Usians call their country ´America´?
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Because their country is the only country out their with 'America' in its name.
United States of America.
Other countries have names like Brazil, and Canada. We don't call ourselves America, because, we're not. We're North American, and South American. But, we're not 'American'.
United States of America.
Other countries have names like Brazil, and Canada. We don't call ourselves America, because, we're not. We're North American, and South American. But, we're not 'American'.
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For Amerigo Vespucci
For Amerigo Vespucci. From Wikipedia:
The explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was the first person to demonstrate that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not the eastern appendage of Asia, but rather a previously-unknown "fourth" continent. The continents of North and South America (and, by extension, the United States of America) derive their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.
Martin Waldseemüller named the new continent America on his world map of 1507 in Lorraine. Vespucci used a Latinised form of his name, Americus Vespucius, in his Latin writings, which Waldseemüller used as a base for the new name, taking the feminine form America.
The name Canada came later, from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct explorer Jacques Cartier toward the village of Stadacona.Cartier used the word 'Canada' to refer to not only that village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief at Stadacona. By 1545, European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada.
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For Amerigo Vespucci. From Wikipedia:
The explorer and cartographer Amerigo Vespucci (March 9, 1454 - February 22, 1512) was the first person to demonstrate that the New World discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492 was not the eastern appendage of Asia, but rather a previously-unknown "fourth" continent. The continents of North and South America (and, by extension, the United States of America) derive their name from the feminized Latin version of his first name.
Martin Waldseemüller named the new continent America on his world map of 1507 in Lorraine. Vespucci used a Latinised form of his name, Americus Vespucius, in his Latin writings, which Waldseemüller used as a base for the new name, taking the feminine form America.
The name Canada came later, from a St. Lawrence Iroquoian word kanata, meaning "village" or "settlement". In 1535, inhabitants of the present-day Quebec City region used the word to direct explorer Jacques Cartier toward the village of Stadacona.Cartier used the word 'Canada' to refer to not only that village, but the entire area subject to Donnacona, Chief at Stadacona. By 1545, European books and maps began referring to this region as Canada.
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Oh no.
Not this theme again.
Can the great sorcerers who run this site, please list the total number of threads over the years on this subject?
Not this theme again.
Can the great sorcerers who run this site, please list the total number of threads over the years on this subject?
I do understand this arguement, makes sense, BUT
I am glad we don't have the word america in our names, makes us different around the
world in the eyes of others, and doesn't blend us into the u.s. culture.
And, that even keep' us' from falling into the same thought process, by thinking that
we are just like they are, even though the people are similar, the governments are
vastly different.
No one I know, or have heard of, says, oh well, canadians are just americans anyway,
no difference - 'wrong'.
I am glad we don't have the word america in our names, makes us different around the
world in the eyes of others, and doesn't blend us into the u.s. culture.
And, that even keep' us' from falling into the same thought process, by thinking that
we are just like they are, even though the people are similar, the governments are
vastly different.
No one I know, or have heard of, says, oh well, canadians are just americans anyway,
no difference - 'wrong'.
Yep, I've been around a long time, and it seems like I've heard this discussion before.
Collectively, Canada, the US, Mexico and Central America are known as "the Americas." If Canada wanted to, I suppose it could call itself Canada of America, But, maybe there were other "states" in the world back then in history, and America was tacked on to specify which united states was intended. I personally say that I am Texan.
Uncle
Collectively, Canada, the US, Mexico and Central America are known as "the Americas." If Canada wanted to, I suppose it could call itself Canada of America, But, maybe there were other "states" in the world back then in history, and America was tacked on to specify which united states was intended. I personally say that I am Texan.
Uncle
Who would want to be known as "American" anyway? Seems to me it has become a synonym for imperialism, corporatism and hypocrisy world wide. You can have it.
And 'american' means a big target on your forehead when abroad....
(lots of yankees have Canadian flags sewn on their backpacks etc just to avoid that)
Hey, sLone. After the next erection, hoooonose?? You and the rest of the province might get the chance........................ya think??
Hope not. We'd miss ya.
:canada::quebec:Yours in francophoney and anglophoney.
Nugg.
No, it's just the backpack story has been told so many times on this forum, that it has
become a pitiful, pathetic, puny come back. NO US travelers I know would even carry a backpack.
Uncle
This again? We're coming up on a Federal Election. Fill your boots. You're suppose to walk
silently and carry a big stick, not carry a big stick and continually poke people with it...
It stops being a threat and simply becomes an annoyance if you keep poking people with it.
Yeah ... true enough.... They're the ones in the diesel pusher land yachts waving their hands in expressive gestures that all mean: "Get outa the way!"