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German-speakers of Lemmy, does 'Amerika' normally mean 'the Americas' or 'the USA'? (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Most people use "Amerika" for "the USA". If one talks about "the Americas" we use "Südamerika" (south) and "Nordamerika" (north).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I believe everybody uses it wrong though. Technically "Amerika" is the continent. But most people mean "Die Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika" (The United States of America aka USA)