When you hear the word "American," where do think a person described with this word is from? Of course, you will say from America. But what is America for you? Maybe the United States, and so an American is a citizen of this country. Have you thought that an American can also be from any other country located in the western hemisphere, like Argentina, Panama or perhaps Canada? The word "American" came from the word "…showed first 75 words of 374 total…

…showed last 75 words of 374 total…the word "American" that was first used to designate people from South America is now used to refer only to U.S. citizens. Even though it is right to say that a citizen of the United States is an American, it is also right to say that a citizen of Central or South America is an American too, since the definition of America is "of or pertaining to North or South America: the American continents."