Don Schmidt wrote the following:
> When using the word, Americans, it would include all of the countries in
> North and South America. Therefore it would be correct to include Spanish
> and Portuguese.


But we are the only country in North, Central, and South America that
has 'America' as part of its name. "The United States of America" is the
official name.
I don't know if we were responsible for shortening the name to just
America, but I suspect that it was everybody else.

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Bill
In Hamptonburgh, NY
In the original Orange County. Est. 1683
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