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Americans - do they have a nationality
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08/12/2006 13:31:25
 
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That would be like "UnitedStatians" or "UnitedStateItes" (North Carolinians, Wisconsinites,...)


>In Argentina, we call people of the U.S. "Estadounidenses" (United States = Estados Unidos). Although I think 'Gringo' or 'Yankee' is more frequent <g>
>
>If you go to http://www.diccionarios.com you'll find
>
>estadounidense
>adjetivo
>1 Relativo a Estados Unidos de América, país de América del Norte, o a sus habitantes.
>2 nombre común
>[persona] Que es de Estados Unidos de América.
>
>and
>
>estadounidense
>adjetivo
>1 ( persona )norteamericano *,yanqui *,americano ,gringo
>
>
>So I guess is not only Argentina but rather spanish
>
>[Update]
>
>I just looked for "Americano", and aparently in Spain they use it instead of "Estadounidense", so it seems more a Latin American usage
>
>americano, -na
>adjetivo
>1 Relativo a América o a sus habitantes.
>2 adjetivo/nombre masculino y femenino
>[persona] Que es de América.
>3 adjetivo
>Relativo a Estados Unidos, país de América del Norte, o a sus habitantes. NOTA: Su uso es más frecuente en España.
>4 adjetivo/nombre masculino y femenino
>[persona] Que es de Estados Unidos. NOTA: Su uso es más frecuente en España.
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