>>>America is not a Country, it's a Continent. From Canada to Chile it's a whole continent.
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>>United States of AMERICA. That is a country to me. Any other countries with AMERICA in their name?
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>Now that you mention it, isn't it actually a silly name?! Suppose Belgium, Luxemburg, The Netherlands and France from now on called themselves The United States of Europe! There would be big laughter, don't you think?!

I think it's a very sensible name. A bunch of states located in "America" that got themselves together and decided to call themselves what they did. Simplicity itself!

What's with Holland, Netherlands, Pays Bas?????????????????? < s >