³1username³2AstroNomer³2name³2text_default³2version³21³2ts³2981676463³2ip³2209.66.79.109³2data³2newauthor³31³3minor³30³3text³3Continent located between the PacificOcean and the AtlanticOcean.

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(1) TheAmericas: the two continents located between the PacificOcean and the AtlanticOcean.  See NorthAmerica, CentralAmerica (often referred to as such, but strictly speaking a part of NorthAmerica), and SouthAmerica.

(2) The United States of America.  See UnitedStates.

In the UnitedStates and other countries, ''America'' usually refers to the UnitedStates (as in the song "America the Beautiful") rather than to TheAmericas.  In many of the rest of the countries of TheAmericas, ''America'' often refers to TheAmericas.
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''America'' has two primary meanings:

(1) TheAmericas: the two continents located between the PacificOcean and the AtlanticOcean.  See NorthAmerica, CentralAmerica (often referred to as such, but strictly speaking a part of NorthAmerica), and SouthAmerica.

(2) The United States of America.  See UnitedStates.

In the UnitedStates and other countries, ''America'' usually refers to the UnitedStates (as in the song "America the Beautiful") rather than to TheAmericas.  In many of the rest of the countries of TheAmericas, ''America'' often refers to TheAmericas.
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