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Re:How Children in a Maya Village Do Chores by okmokmz on Monday June 11, 2018 @10:55AM (#17284737)
South America: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, and Venezuela

Central America: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama

North America: US, Canada, Mexico

i.e. The Americas

Re:How Children in a Maya Village Do Chores by josephjrobison on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:16PM (#17305109)
But American is just shorthand of United States of America, and rolls off the tongue better.

I postulate that most Americans aren’t trying to claim all of the Western Hemisphere, it’s just what’s currently being used.