Thread: Why do we call the US America?
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Old 02-18-2010, 05:11 PM   #13
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Originally Posted by UofMfan View Post
"I think it's because people in Europe were used to calling it "America" long before there were any independent countries here"

I am sorry, but I take offense to this part of your post. Where exactly is here?

And when Europeans called it America they were referring to the continent, not the US. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci
Maybe before there were individual countries?
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