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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[–] 12 points 2 years ago (3 children)

In french you can say états-unien and you might translate it as States-nan

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  • [–] 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    In Italian "statunitensi", i.e. United States people

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    So, basically every language has a specific word for US citizens, except english? LOL

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago*

    Because in many languages that are not English, America is the whole continent. What Americans call "America" is United States of America. We need a word for their citizens, that is not the name of the inhabitants of the whole continent

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