FREDONIA, FREDONIAN, FREDE, FREDISH, &c. &c. These extraordinary words, which have been deservedly ridiculed here as well as in England, were proposed sometime ago, and countenanced by two or three individuals, as names for the territory and people of the United States.

The general term American is now commonly understood (at least in all places where the English language is spoken,) to mean an inhabitant of the United States; and is so employed, except where unusual precision of language is required.

[John Pickering, "A Vocabulary, or Collection of Words and Phrases Which Have Been Supposed to be Peculiar to the United States of America," Boston, 1816]

I once got into a wrestling match with a pig. Slopping around in the mud and slime for what seamed like hours. As I was exhausted, I soon started to realize that the pig was enjoying itself.

Doesn't paint a very pretty picture of you. If that's a metaphor for what you came here to do, it looks like your plan backfired. Look closely at your list and notice what all the countries you list have in common with their demonyms except the USA. One of these things is NOT like the other. Have a nice day!

Ho hum! Rob, your habitual need to tell us Americans that we really can't call ourselves "Americans" because America is a continent not a country, is tiresome. No matter how many times you say it, most of us will take exception because your "argument" is pedantic, as impractical as it is unpopular. My nationality is USA. I'm an American. Have a nice day.

I enjoy being pedantic as much as the next guy.

No wait, the next person, because it might not be a guy.

No wait, what if the next person doesn’t like n]being pedantic and I do?

What if the next person refers to my avocado salad as being a vegetable salad and I insist it is a fruit salad? And they object to my insistence that his bananas are berries?

Regarding your attempt to use the term, “Estadounidense”, no doubt someone will point out that Mexico is actually the Estados Unidos Mexicanos, so you are no further ahead.

If you want to make an accurate comparison, Estados Unidos Mexicanos is not the same as saying Estados Unidos de México. Mexico isn't the nation lacking a demonym like the USA. Mexico is a country. America is a supercontinent, not a country, and throughout America's history since long before there was a United States of America the rest of America has referred to their collective selves as Americans. All U.S. citizens have to do is consult their passports to see that under Nationality it does NOT say "American". They don't have a proper demonym. They keep using the continent, which before there was a USA, was the common way for Europeans to refer to everyone on this land mass, which is where the confusion originated.

https://www.etymonline.com/word/America

At the bottom of this page you'll see where it says "Forum time: 2026-06-16, 16:36 (America/Mexico_City)."

Regarding your attempt to use the term, “Estadounidense”, no doubt someone will point out that Mexico is actually the Estados Unidos Mexicanos, so you are no further ahead.

Uh, well, um, Estadounidense is the word that I have heard Mexicans use. I looked it up in my SpanishDict application and the application translated it as American. So, um, that is what I thought would be useful to translate back into English. And, well, yes, I guess Estadounidense could technically also connote a Mexican citizen. Ah, sorry.

How 'bout, "Clueless Gringo enamored with Zihuatanejo, Mexico, originally from the country north of Mexico that invaded Mexico three times?"

(I guess you just can't please everyone, eh?)

In Mexico, I am a Canadian. In Canada, I might refer to myself as a British Columbian. In British Columbia I might refer to myself as a Vancouver Islander.

In the past I was a Torontonian, or a Calgarian, or a Vancouverite, Regardless of what anyone else wants to call me, I am not now nor have I ever been an American.

If someone who sought and obtained on Mexican citizenship wants to call themself “American”, I am comfortable calling them American. I hope that they will grant me the same consideration and refer to me as a Canadian.

No wait, the next person, because it might not be a guy.

No wait, what if the next person doesn’t like n]being pedantic and I do?

What if the next person refers to my avocado salad as being a vegetable salad and I insist it is a fruit salad? And they object to my insistence that his bananas are berries?

Regarding your attempt to use the term, “Estadounidense”, no doubt someone will point out that Mexico is actually the Estados Unidos Mexicanos, so you are no further ahead.

I once got into a wrestling match with a pig. Slopping around in the mud and slime for what seamed like hours. As I was exhausted, I soon started to realize that the pig was enjoying itself.

Doesn't paint a very pretty picture of you. If that's a metaphor for what you came here to do, it looks like your plan backfired. Look closely at your list and notice what all the countries you list have in common with their demonyms except the USA. One of these things is NOT like the other. Have a nice day!

We have had this conversation before, yes? Will it be put to rest? I doubt it.

Citizens from different countries and regions of the Americas are typically identified as follows: Can we put this one to rest for once?

North America
Canada: Canadians
Mexico: Mexicans
United States: Americans
Greenland: Greenlanders

Central America & The Caribbean
Belize: Belizeans
Costa Rica: Costa Ricans
Cuba: Cubans
Dominican Republic: Dominicans
El Salvador: Salvadorans
Guatemala: Guatemalans
Haiti: Haitians
Honduras: Hondurans
Jamaica: Jamaicans
Nicaragua: Nicaraguans
Panama: Panamanians
Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadians and Tobagonians

South America
Argentina: Argentines / Argentinians
Bolivia: Bolivians
Brazil: Brazilians
Chile: Chileans
Colombia: Colombians
Ecuador: Ecuadorians
Guyana: Guyanese
Paraguay: Paraguayans
Peru: Peruvians
Suriname: Surinamese
Uruguay: Uruguayans
Venezuela: Venezuelans

Sorry, but there is no country called America. People from the USA are U.S. citizens, erroneously called Americans because they've apparently been unable to agree on an appropriate demonym, but America is not a country, it's a supercontinent that we are all part of here. So that's why many of us in Mexico and throughout the continent are rooting for the American teams at the Copa Mundial, and not necessarily for the USA.

Keep trying. You'll eventually get the hang of it.

Keytime stated that citizens of the United States are typically “referred to” or “identified “ as Americans. This is undoubtedly true.

Citizens from different countries and regions of the Americas are typically identified as follows: Can we put this one to rest for once?

North America
Canada: Canadians
Mexico: Mexicans
United States: Americans
Greenland: Greenlanders

Central America & The Caribbean
Belize: Belizeans
Costa Rica: Costa Ricans
Cuba: Cubans
Dominican Republic: Dominicans
El Salvador: Salvadorans
Guatemala: Guatemalans
Haiti: Haitians
Honduras: Hondurans
Jamaica: Jamaicans
Nicaragua: Nicaraguans
Panama: Panamanians
Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadians and Tobagonians

South America
Argentina: Argentines / Argentinians
Bolivia: Bolivians
Brazil: Brazilians
Chile: Chileans
Colombia: Colombians
Ecuador: Ecuadorians
Guyana: Guyanese
Paraguay: Paraguayans
Peru: Peruvians
Suriname: Surinamese
Uruguay: Uruguayans
Venezuela: Venezuelans

Sorry, but there is no country called America. People from the USA are U.S. citizens, erroneously called Americans because they've apparently been unable to agree on an appropriate demonym, but America is not a country, it's a supercontinent that we are all part of here. So that's why many of us in Mexico and throughout the continent are rooting for the American teams at the Copa Mundial, and not necessarily for the USA.

Keep trying. You'll eventually get the hang of it.

North America
Canada: Canadians
Mexico: Mexicans
United States: Americans
Greenland: Greenlanders

Central America & The Caribbean
Belize: Belizeans
Costa Rica: Costa Ricans
Cuba: Cubans
Dominican Republic: Dominicans
El Salvador: Salvadorans
Guatemala: Guatemalans
Haiti: Haitians
Honduras: Hondurans
Jamaica: Jamaicans
Nicaragua: Nicaraguans
Panama: Panamanians
Trinidad and Tobago: Trinidadians and Tobagonians

South America
Argentina: Argentines / Argentinians
Bolivia: Bolivians
Brazil: Brazilians
Chile: Chileans
Colombia: Colombians
Ecuador: Ecuadorians
Guyana: Guyanese
Paraguay: Paraguayans
Peru: Peruvians
Suriname: Surinamese
Uruguay: Uruguayans
Venezuela: Venezuelans