America

America is the name for the continents North America, Central America and South America combined (or if one includes Central America in North America one should say: North and South America). See: The Americas.

See naming of America for information about how the continents were named.

Other meanings of America:

• An abbreviation of United States of America, and in American, sometimes used in the meaning relating to the United States of America
• A reference to the 13 colonies that preceded the formation of the USA
• America, Brazil
• America, Netherlands - a town in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas
• America (band), the rock and roll band
• America (album), the above band's debut album (self-titled)
• America (novel), a novel by Franz Kafka

Editor's note: When referring to the country, using the terms "United States of America", "USA" or "US" instead of "America" or "American" can prevent confusion. See Wikipedia talk:Manual of Style (US vs American).