Qual é a diferença entre America e USA ?

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jimpjorps · Accepted Answer

The United States of America is the country アメリカ合衆国.  Strictly, "America" is the two continents North America and South America, but it is also used as the short form of "United States of America" by people from the US.

Whologist · Answer

USA stands for "United States of America." "America" is just a shorter way of saying that. People sometimes also call it "The US", which just stands for "The United States"

Ivanxdiary · Answer

The USA and Canada is in North America, while countries like Mexico, Columbia, and ect are in South America.  I hope I explained your question

Ivanxdiary · Answer

@baroness0870 north America yes is a continent

Almita_1143 · Answer

@jimpjorps it’s The US, USA, The United States, or The United States of America if you want to get technical... for while some may call the US America... The United States is one of many countries in The America’s and One of Three in North America... so while people will know you mean The US when you say America, it can technically mean one of many countries.

jp_hndez · Answer

Mexico, Canada, USA are north America, central america is Guatemala, el Salvador, Honduras, etc and south America is Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc.

tjeremiah195 · Answer

Both

Tan_Wins · Answer

America is just the short way of saying The United States of America.  It has nothing to do with Canada as some people suggested.   USA is just abbreviated form.  You can say US, USA, America, ‘Murica, land of the free home of the brave.

karinkyojin · Answer

@Ivanxdiary Mexico is also part of North America

jawknay · Answer

Also people from the UK refer to the US as “The States”

Ex. Where did you go on holiday?
I went to the States.

btnh99 · Answer

It's, both I'm from the U.S.A.

Radically speaking you should say the United States of America, but you could just say America for short, Only because it has America in the name as well.

btnh99 · Answer

@Almita_1143 So, true.

d_08 · Answer

@baroness0870 there are different America’s,  (North and South America) but USA is only speaking of North America. However, if you are speaking to someone from the United States, and said “America” instead of “U.S or USA”, they would still know that you are talking about North America.

Kim_Daeun23 · Answer

@baroness0870 most Americans just refer to it as America just because it sounds more natural to say America rather than the u.s

TheCultureGuy · Answer

USA Stand for “United States of America” but people say both.

slade · Answer

USAは公式の言葉で
The USもAmericaは両方日常会話ではよく使われている言葉です。

Lyndon_J · Answer

@baroness0870 北アメリカ、中アメリカ、南アメリカは大陸、でもUSAとAmericaは国です。

American=アメリカ人
USA/America国=アメリカ

AlecBwell · Answer

@baroness0870 America includes the both the North and South American continents. USA is only the collection of the 50 states.

Mutsa_Maveve · Answer

It's both but most people say American

Blake_Rose · Answer

It doesn’t really matter to me but u could just listen to the other comments for specific detail and the differences if u want.

Abi_Cunningham · Answer

@baroness0870  We generally think of ourselves as from America, but buy items made in the USA. I often think of myself as from the US when speaking with people I think might not be from the US. While speaking with other Americans I will identify myself naturally in my mind as an American. USA is something we might chant at an international sports event to cheer for our team. United States is what I would most likely write on a map to identify my country.

emloiyli · Answer

@baroness0870 both meaning is  same but mostly people would say USA.

Mark_17 · Answer

United States of America (USA)
Is the country

America is also but it’s really incorrect

America should refer to North America and South America, but this is better refered to as “the Americas”

ClausGM · Answer

America= American Continent 
USA= United States of America.

chocolateman_99 · Answer

'Murica....to some😂

kneecole · Answer

you can say both

Usuário excluído · Answer

@btnh99 isn’t america the continent?

elpapu · Answer

USA , US, or EEUU ("estados unidos", spanish way) we never calling them as "america"

chocolateman_99 · Answer

@falaserio North America

Usuário excluído · Answer

@chocolateman_99 so united states of north america?

chocolateman_99 · Answer

@falaserio naw, just United States.  Canada is also part of Noth American continent

Hawa_Diallo · Answer

Saying America is more casual but sometimes people say The US not really The USA

HDGD · Answer

@Mutsa_Maveve@tbsgknhgk@kneecole@chocolateman_99 is US not america why No one understand this america is the continent and not Even north America because north america is also canada is US and period.

funkymonkey · Answer

@baroness0870 The United States of America is in North America. "American" usually means someone from the United States, but actually the term could mean anyone from North or South America.

For example, Canada and The United States are both in North America, so Canada is America too. If you want to talk only about the United States of America, use the more specific term USA, or even just the US.

cigolooz · Answer

when people don't see the post date and realize the asker may never see this due to the app necroing the hek out of these older questions, even if this one's not as old as many others

C3C1L · Answer

Trump said Make America Great Again, by which he didn't mean to make Canada and Mexico great again. That's the difference between America and the USA.

Tafoya · Answer

@baroness0870 well basically the same you can use US or America or USA that’s what I was taught still

jaypaige147 · Answer

you know I really don't know the difference, I use them interchangeably which is probably wrong

_Stay_hoichoi_army_ · Answer

America is the continent and the USA is a state of America

Anouk24 · Answer

@jimpjorps There are three Americas. You missed Central America.

jimpjorps · Answer

@Anouk24 Central America is a region of North America.

parkshinyoung1296 · Answer

@baroness0870 The United States, abbreviated as US (English: United States of America / USA abbreviated as United States / US), or generally known as America alone, is a federal constitutional republic consisting of fifty states and a federal district. [7  ]  The country is located in the central part of North America, which is the location of forty-eight neighboring states, along with the capital districts of Washington, DC The United States is flanked by the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans in the west and east, bordering Canada to the north,  and Mexico to the south.  The other two states, namely Alaska and Hawaii, are located separate from the mainland of the United States.  The state of Alaska is located on the northwestern tip of North America, bordering Canada to the east and Russia to the west, which is separated by the Bering Strait.  While the state of Hawaii is an archipelago located in the Pacific Ocean.  The United States also has several territories in the Pacific and the Caribbean.  With an area of ​​3.79 million square miles (9.83 million km2) and a population of 315 million people, the United States is the third or fourth largest country in the world, and the third largest by population.  The United States is one of the most multi-ethnic and most multicultural countries in the world.  This arose due to massive immigration from various parts of the world. [8] The climate and geography of the United States are also very diverse and this country is home to various species. 
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https://id.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerika_Serikat

FluxTwee · Answer

@baroness0870 They are almost the same. The only difference is that "America" is the entire continent "USA" means United States of America.

MrTambourineMan · Answer

USA is the country everyone knows

America is actually Canada, USA, Mexico and South America

John_Kasperbauer · Answer

There are some loons in this world who believe in central America as separate from north America, just to make it confusing. (And don’t even start with the Caribbean)

Ellaphant · Answer

the USA is both North and Sourh America. Whereas America is just the country below Canada

Ventus_gtz · Answer

@elpapu 😂

Juanit · Answer

@jimpjorps except south America and north America are regions, not continents. there are just 5 continents, and America as a whole is one of them

Aleks_Marie · Answer

“US”

fizzy_pop · Answer

Both

subtitle_hater · Answer

It could be both

Cassandra_Pope · Answer

People say both

abbleofmyeyes · Answer

Usually when people chant its USA! USA! But when they talk about it its America

IntrovertedFaith · Answer

I learned that you can just use both interchangeably

jguille10 · Answer

There is only one Continent: The American Continent with three subcontinents: North America, Central America and South America. All the people from the whole American Continent are Americans but people from  Us like to call themselves American too when only talking about their country. So if you born in South America you are American too.

RandallBollinger2099 · Answer

you can say both because USA stands for united States of America

mel · Answer

It's used interchangeably. America is a short term for the "United States of America" and at the same time, so is USA. 
USA 
America 
The states
All are used but most americans say the third one when casually talking about it. 
"When are you coming back the states?"  ("The states" is more colloquial)

*North america is the continent but we aren't referring to the continent here.

Xan_Aguirre · Answer

@jimpjorps I don't share the opinion with you. America is the continent divided in three regions: North America, Central America and South America.

ClausGM · Answer

@jimpjorps 
The American Continent is a  single continent that is divided into three parts:

1. North America: Canada, USA and Mexico.

2. Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

3. South America: Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Perú, Venezuela, Chile, Ecuador, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana and Falkland Islands.

Xan_Aguirre · Answer

@John_Kasperbauer Then, in that case, the same would happen with all the regions of Europe and Asia. 
You know?  There is no need to say idiots to those who received an education different from yours. Look for the division of America in Spanish and then, look for the same information in English, it'll be different about "Central America". Even on important information sources like NatGeo, the division of America it'll be different in both languages.

John_Kasperbauer · Answer

@Xan_Aguirre I never said idiots just said loons (crazy because it strays from the norm in the north). Also you are correct, there is no real clear distinction between regions such as Europe and Asia. This gets more and more true as you go south into the melting pot of the caucus and middle east (which is also under heavy controversy as to its classification). What I mean by my comment is that for us it is odd to think of Central America as being on the same level as South America and North America (mainland) being mainly Canada and the US. Sorry you took weird offense to that but realize we all have different ways of viewing the world.

John_Kasperbauer · Answer

Culturally and historically central America is unique and at one time even had a country bare that name. However Americans (or really north Americans I guess) typically use the Panamanian Canal as the divider that marks north and South America.

danielacl · Answer

@baroness0870 America is a continent and USA is a country.
It’s like Asia and Japan , Asia is the continent where is located but Japan is just a certain region.

jimpjorps · Answer

@ClausGM In the Anglosphere (the nations that speak English) North America and South America are considered separate continents, with Central America being a sub-region of North America.  I know it's different in Spanish-speaking countries, but this was a question about US English.

A_Jones · Answer

It can be both although the USA is the official name of the country, although most just call the country America.

haroldoteixeira · Answer

@baroness0870

Shanice_Mccombs · Answer

Either way is fine

CrystalAndrews · Answer

It can be both. USA stands for the United States of America

chavecar1 · Answer

Well depends how or what we talking  about for example in the USA people knows it’s also America but if you talk in general it could mean continent of America only

chavecar1 · Answer

Another example people from Mexico are Mexican people from Brasil are Brazilian people from USA are called Americans but not in the Spanish Language

chavecar1 · Answer

Because people from Europe are europeans  people from Africa are Africans and people from America are Americans so why USA are called Americans when people from America the continent are also Americans

ZegaGhxst · Answer

@baroness0870 It's both but USA is Just The United States Of America (The Country) while America Is Both South And North But Also Short For United States Of America

augustuskfarrell · Answer

@baroness0870 I use America to say I live there, but it is the USA. We just use it to shorten it.

soulfulsound · Answer

@baroness0870 The full name is the "United States of America" but you can simply call it "America" or U.S A., which are the initials of the full name. They're all correct.

keito478 · Answer

USA is an area in North America containing 50 states. America could be referring to North America (the continent) or South America (the continent) as a whole

Siinela · Answer

USA is a country and America is a continent.

SlimeMonsterKun · Answer

@Xan_Aguirre Geographically, Central America is a part of North America. The two continents are North and South. Check your facts.

Crow- · Answer

@baroness0870 America is used for referring to both the United States of America (USA) and the continent of America. USA is used only to refer to the United States of America.

I try to only use USA because It’s more specific to where I would be talking about. It’s confusing to me when people say America when referring to the what is the USA.

imderrickrogers · Answer

@baroness0870 they are generally the same. USA means United States of America

imjayhime · Answer

USA is a country in the continent, America. I don’t get why people refer to the country as America..I call it the US or the states

lilibetsertori · Answer

@baroness0870
America refers to the whole continent: The US, Canada, Mexico, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina etc
USA only refers to the country of the United States😊

muhammadsolihayitov · Answer

@baroness0870 America is continent,  not country,  USA is country, United States of America,  So if you are going to use this country,  you should say The USA not America

pizza6 · Answer

I have also heard people, not from The States who say "Americans," meaning those from The States. I have simply found it easier to say "Americans," rather than "those of The States," because it is shorter. It's the United States of "America." It is not a name like "Italy" or "Brazil." If there were a name that didn't include the continent or the structure of the country, I am sure we would simply use that.

Jason_Cammisa · Answer

America Aka United States of America! Means the same thing… just shortened

EnchanteBruce · Answer

@baroness0870 USA is an abbreviation for United States of America. There is otherwise no difference.

QueenMayline · Answer

The USA is a country within the Americas there is 3 parts of America, Canada, South America where Mexico and other Latin countries are and the USA is in the Middle.

Yellowsharpie · Answer

There is no difference. But most people in america refer to the country as the US.

Giampy68 · Answer

@HDGD not only Mexico but the whole South America. USA is a country made up of fifty different states like California North Dakota and all the others. America is a continent made up of Canada, Alaska, Usa, Mexico and Central America and South America, in other word his borders goes from North Pole to the South Pole or nearby.

parmas · Answer

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chae_1 · Answer

@baroness0870 from my knowledge it’s the same thing.

chae_1 · Answer

@hungrylearner27 are you trying to start fights? Are you bored? Grow up

ariannavictoria7 · Answer

@baroness0870 America is short for USA (United States of America) :)

issv · Answer

America is a CONTINENT, USA is a country

issv · Answer

@QueenMayline Mexico is part of North America, not South America, as far as I know...

nick-e · Answer

@HDGD I see two issues here. America has a northern and southern end, which includes more than three countries; Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Ecuador, El Salvador, United States, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Dominican Republic, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. In addition, the US’ entire name is The United States of America, hence calling the US “America”.

nick-e · Answer

@muhammadsolihayitov America is the name of two continents: North America and South America.

nick-e · Answer

@gabiriverob I see you mentioned there is no difference. I feel you may be fiorgetting the fact that the term “United States” is used to refer to the states as a whole rather than the entirety of the two continents.

muhammadsolihayitov · Answer

@nick-e yes I know if it is continent,  it will be north and south America,  If it is Mainland , It will be only America   mainland, including south and north

nick-e · Answer

@badubzz I see you say the USA is a way to say America and feel you excluded the other American countries as land of America.

badubzz · Answer

@nick-e lmaooo you’re right I def blanked on that😭

nick-e · Answer

@Jason_Cammisa I see you believe America means “United States of America”, however, I feel you excluded other American countries; Canada and Mexico amongst many other countries in the the continent of the two and South America.

nick-e · Answer

@QueenMayline I see you believe that America is split in three parts, however, I feel you may benefit by reconsidering the form of the map. I see America consists of North and South America, contrary to your 3. As well, North America hosts countries that are Latin. I also feel that you believe Mexico is a South American country, yet, I consider it to be a North American country.

chavecar1 · Answer

You can also say Mexico of America or Argentina of America so United States is just the name and of America is saying just like it says of America 😁

chavecar1 · Answer

America is one continent and I can prove it. Can you prove it????@jimpjorps

nick-e · Answer

@muhammadsolihayitov I see North and South America being referred to as “the Americas” due to them being different continents.

ajrt2118 · Answer

@baroness0870 USA=United States of America. Sometimes, people shorten it to America or US. The country is a part of the North American continent.

destyr · Answer

From what I know usa means the the country, and America means the whole thing Canada the USA México all of South America, people on the US learn North America and South America being two continents and most other places learn it being one

hungrylearner27 · Answer

Some Americans are just lazy to tell that their country is actually the United States and not the word America which devided in to regions which consist of Spanish speaking and English speaking areas.

Rebamoo · Answer

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HDGD · Answer

@nick-e no America is Canada & the US & Mexico & El Salvador & Guatemala & Honduras & Panamá & and more

AND  south America is Colombia & Brazil & Argentina & Venezuela & Chile & Perú and more

so as far as I know no South America and north America aren't the same ... central America and north America are

natjeter22 · Answer

As a citizen of the U.S. most of us here say America when we're joking around, such as we might say "this is America! I can do what I want!" although some of us may be slightly joking. We also call ourselves American because it's very difficult and tiresome to tell anyone that asks that "I'm a citizen of the United States of America." the name USA stands for United States of America. since Americans love to shorten everything, it's easier to just say America. it really has nothing to do with the south American continent or the North, or Canada or Mexico. it is simply an abreviation of a long country name.

nick-e · Answer

@HDGD I understand America is the name of the continent(s) of America as North America and South America. Finding contradictions where you mention in your reply, “America is Canada,..” and “South America”, I think mentioning “(knowing) South America and North America aren’t the same,..” contradicts your first post where you state, “America is a continent formed by three countries,..” I feel I mention North America as being different from South America. I also feel where you state, “…the US wants to call themselves America since they don’t have a name.” is a matter of intercultural difference because the “United States (located in the middle of the continent)” are of North America.

Yellowsharpie · Answer

Guys… America is not a continent… there is South America and North America… there is no continent just called America…

HDGD · Answer

@Yellowsharpie since we're talking about the US which is in north America there's no need to say north America because we already know that we're talking about North America..

I read most comments and as I can see we're not really talking about what u said, that ain't just America just North and south America

parmas · Answer

so simple: America is a continent and USA name for this country and that's all.

parmas · Answer

@Yellowsharpie hahahha sorry that's not a true

pizza6 · Answer

@natjeter22 YES

John_Kasperbauer · Answer

Honestly no one really cares, America, US, USA are all world renown ways of saying United States of America. Saying The United States of America is just really long so we shortened it and it stuck. Everyone else in south America gets pissy when we do though :)

(Part of why we like to do it)

Ellaphant · Answer

the USA is both North and Sourh America. Whereas America is just the country below Canada

Chanelcoco · Answer

@baroness0870 neither. It’s Trump

Pkser · Answer

Would it be right that: USA is also HQ of imperialism, in which lots of people with good intentions who claiming a peaceful world are and having been wasted; HQ of deep and hard pains  especially for black slaves and HQ of native American and culture eradication. America is just a continent.

HDGD · Answer

@baroness0870 America is a continent formed by three countries Canada the US and Mexico BUT the US wants to call themselves America since they don't have a name

badubzz · Answer

There’s no difference USA just stands for United States of America… a longer way to say America

Qual é a diferença entre America e USA ?Você pode indicar exemplo de resposta.

The United States of America is the country アメリカ合衆国. Strictly, "America" is the two continents North America and South America, but it is also used as the short form of "United States of America" by people from the US.

USA stands for "United States of America." "America" is just a shorter way of saying that. People sometimes also call it "The US", which just stands for "The United States"

The USA and Canada is in North America, while countries like Mexico, Columbia, and ect are in South America. I hope I explained your question

The United States of America is the country アメリカ合衆国. Strictly, "America" is the two continents North America and South America, but it is also used as the short form of "United States of America" by people from the US.

@baroness0870 north America yes is a continent

Mexico, Canada, USA are north America, central america is Guatemala, el Salvador, Honduras, etc and south America is Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc.

Both

America is just the short way of saying The United States of America. It has nothing to do with Canada as some people suggested. USA is just abbreviated form. You can say US, USA, America, ‘Murica, land of the free home of the brave.

@Ivanxdiary Mexico is also part of North America

Some Americans are just lazy to tell that their country is actually the United States and not the word America which devided in to regions which consist of Spanish speaking and English speaking areas.

Our Country Has No Name
https://youtu.be/cLANE6eug8c

Guys… America is not a continent… there is South America and North America… there is no continent just called America…

so simple: America is a continent and USA name for this country and that's all.

@Yellowsharpie hahahha sorry that's not a true

@natjeter22 YES

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Qual é a diferença entre America e USA ?Você pode indicar exemplo de resposta.

The United States of America is the country アメリカ合衆国. Strictly, "America" is the two continents North America and South America, but it is also used as the short form of "United States of America" by people from the US.

USA stands for "United States of America." "America" is just a shorter way of saying that. People sometimes also call it "The US", which just stands for "The United States"

The USA and Canada is in North America, while countries like Mexico, Columbia, and ect are in South America. I hope I explained your question

The United States of America is the country アメリカ合衆国. Strictly, "America" is the two continents North America and South America, but it is also used as the short form of "United States of America" by people from the US.

@baroness0870 north America yes is a continent

Mexico, Canada, USA are north America, central america is Guatemala, el Salvador, Honduras, etc and south America is Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, etc.

Both

America is just the short way of saying The United States of America. It has nothing to do with Canada as some people suggested. USA is just abbreviated form. You can say US, USA, America, ‘Murica, land of the free home of the brave.

@Ivanxdiary Mexico is also part of North America

Some Americans are just lazy to tell that their country is actually the United States and not the word America which devided in to regions which consist of Spanish speaking and English speaking areas.

Our Country Has No Namehttps://youtu.be/cLANE6eug8c

Guys… America is not a continent… there is South America and North America… there is no continent just called America…

so simple: America is a continent and USA name for this country and that's all.

@Yellowsharpie hahahha sorry that's not a true

@natjeter22 YES

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Our Country Has No Name
https://youtu.be/cLANE6eug8c