Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?

Edit: Thanks for all your answers, especially the wholesome ones and those patient enough to explain it thoroughly. Since we (South Americans) and you (North Americans) use different models/conventions of continent boundaries, it makes sense for you to go by “Americans”, while it doesn’t for us.

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    1 year ago

    Especially since one of the states- Hawaii- is not in the Americas

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      1 year ago

      omg, you just blew my mind 😮

      We need to change our name to Some United States of America and the Pacific and also Caribbean and Oceania Territories (SUSAPCOT), which could be turned into Susapcotians.

      Hi! I’m a Susapcotian 😁 <- big stereotypical Susapcotian smile