[jdmg94]

It also means the entire _Continent_ your take is pretty US-centric

[dragonwriter]

> It also means the entire _Continent No, it doesn't.

"North America" is the continent the USA is on, and South America is a neighboring continent. There is no continent called "America" alone.

[defrost]

That depends entirely upon your philosophy Horatio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number

"Continent" isn't remotely as straightforward as many may think and the teaching on what and what isn't a continent (or counted as such) varies globally.

Different models are taught in different countries.

[AnimalMuppet]

North and South America, together, are called "the Americas", not "America".

[friend_and_foe]

"Germany" means "land of the Germans" but last I checked there's also Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and also Prussia to be historically accurate.