Are all of the countries in North America or even South America considered American?
May 5, 2011 | 
Author Question by MovieMadness: Are all of the countries in North America or even South America considered American?
It is usually not categorized that way, but they are right? Like all the countries in Europe are considered European.
Best answer:
Answer by Mel
nope only Americans are in the USA.
Canadians are in Canada
Mexicans are in Mexico and so on.
Know better? Leave your own answer in the comments!
Posted in 
Tags:
By definition, yes.
Most of the time American refers to the United States, but that isn’t precisely correct.
i don’t think so… i think just the U.S. and Puerto Rico. but i can’t be sure.
Yes, they are, but the US has kind of usurped the title “American” since we actual use the word in our country name.
ya because these all countriies are in Europe(no south,east,north ,west…nothing)
But north America is north of America or South Amerioca is South of America…it’s not America
no,if you where in iran,and they asked,only north americans would be tortured…………
They are categorised as North Americans, south americans or latin americans
No, just the 50 states in the U.S.
The answer is in your question, North America, Central America and South America are in fact “America.”
When we talk about being American though we’re talking specifically about the United States of America, not the general region of the world or continent (like Europe, the Middle East, etc..).
as far as i know, North America, Central America, and South America are one continent. its just that the US became so powerful that i guess people started refering to the US as american in the sense that it encompassed the whole continent.
i hope this makes sense.
No. Canada is in North America but Canadians were once British and have maintained their loyalty to Britain. Technically, they are on the North American continent but I doubt they will accept being called ‘American’Other North Americans, like those in the United States, have severed the umbilical British cord and have insisted on being American. This is seen in the spelling of some words and even what some things are called. A lift, for example is the same as an elevator. Central and South Americans have favoured the Spaniards/conquistadors; and while they speak English, Spanish is the main language except for those who speak Dutch or Portuguese.
During the Colonial era the British people typically referred to us as “American colonists.” After we won the war of Independence the name of our new country became “The United States of America”, and for want of a shorter description, the British people referred to us simply as “Americans”.
“The people of the United States” is more correct, but it is long and awkward.
“U.S. citizens” is used sometimes used. Sometimes encyclopedias refer to various “American” individuals by their profession with the word U.S. in front of it, as in “U.S. author” or “U.S. President”, or “U.S. educator”.
Fortunately for our neighbor to the north, and our many neighbors to the south, each of them has been given a name that readily lends itself to identifying its peoples’ nationality. “Canada” gives “Canadian”; “Honduras” gives “Honduran”; “Uruguay” gives “Uruguayan”, etc.
No such luck for those of us from the U.S.A.!
So, we’re more or less stuck with the generic “American”.
But, technically, I suppose, anyone living on either American continent – North or South – would be “an American”.