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The video is not available in my country. I'm in America, but not the correct part of America it seems.


> The video is not available in my country. I'm in America, but not the correct part of America it seems.

In English, "America" unambiguously refers to the United States. I say that as a non-American.


As an English speaking Canadian, now living in the USA, I concur. "The Americas" refers to the whole super continent.


What do you mean by "super continent"?


{North,Central,South} America


Those are not super continents.


You're being deliberately obtuse.

A continent consisting of North+Central+South America would be considered a "Super-Continent".

And no one says "I live in America" when they live in Canada. Do you refer to yourself as American? I've never heard anyone refer to a Canadian citizen as "American". Or someone from Mexico as "American".

You can link any dictionary definitions you want, but in 99% of cases when people say "America" they mean the US.


Not sure what you mean by "unambiguously" when Merriam Webster[0], Cambridge[1], and Oxford[2] dictionaries have several definitions.

[0] https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/America

[1] https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/america

[2] https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/americ...




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