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This user comes from Peru.

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This user enjoys playing the Universe at War: Earth Assault game series.

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-'''[[Use of the word American]]'''
-<br>I believe that [[America]] is the [[Americas|whole continent]], from [[North America|up]] to [[South America|down]]. I can stand a little bit that the [[United States]]-people call themselves ''"Americans"''. I stand it more in English than in Spanish, and always correct my fellow Peruvians whenever they say "Americano". I don't give that much problem in English... but expect some replies from me ;). After all, their country is part of the American Continent too. It would be like calling [[British]] '''only''' to the English, while exluding the [[Scots]], [[Welsh]] and [[Irish]].
-However, I do not easily stand that people call "America" to the [[United States]], neither in English or Spanish. Expect an arguement from me. Sorry, but that's how I think. Just think about it: If United States is equal to America, then '''South America''' would be the southern regions of USA, '''Central America''' would be the middle and '''North America''' would basically be Alaska.
-I prefer using the word "United Statian" (''estadounidense'' in Spanish) or "Northamerican" (''norteamericano'' in Spanish). But you can read [[Adjectives for U.S. citizens|this article]] to find some more.
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-'''I asked about this to my Universal History teacher at the University...'''
-<br>...looking for information on the subject and she told me that the United States of America '''actually has NO name'''. She explained me that while its name is "United States", "United States" by itself is not a name because, for example, Mexico itself is composed by its own united states. Having no name (just as any other nation in formation [c00l, a rhyme!!]), they picked the name "the United States of America".
-And just as Mexico, again, as an example, is actually the United States of Mexico, which literally means: "The nation called Mexico, conformed by a union of its states", it made sense to the ''United Statians'' that United States of America meant: "The nation called America, conformed by a union of its states".
-But then, the name America conflicted with the name of the whole continent (I ignore if they were aware of that and so does my teaher). Continent which was named as "América" (after [[Americo Vespuccio]]) long before USA and/or many other countries in the continent would begin to form. So, if come to think about it, as my teacher said, "the Northamerican nation has no name. It's an existential matter."
 [[Category:Peruvian Wikipedians|Shadowy Crafter]]