1y ago

How do you call someone born in the US besides "American"?

Well, everybody born in the american continent is technically "american" too, including Central and South America. Is there a specific term in english for these people?

Edit: Thanks for all your answers, especially the wholesome ones and those patient enough to explain it thoroughly. Since we (South Americans) and you (North Americans) use different models/conventions of continent boundaries, it makes sense for you to go by "Americans", while it doesn't for us.

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There's not a clear and conscience alternative to "American." If you're trying to differentiate us from other people from the Americas you'd just say US Citizen. And while yes the entirety of this hemisphere is some variation of America be it North, Central, or South the other countries here have distinct names and we really don't.
At the risk of sounding like a typical US asshole, here goes nothing. This is how I've explained it to friends from Europe and it seemed to help.
If Brazil had decided to go by the name "United States of Brazil" we would still call them Brazilians because there is another country with the title "United States" that also exists. Similar to how we call people from the Peoples Republic of China, Chinese. We don't call them "People's Republicans" because that's a title not a unique identifier or name. What if that same country decided to go by the name the Peoples Republic of Asia instead, would we call them Peoples Republicans or would we call them Asians?
The title "United States" is telling you that this area is united together and the borders represent states, not country's. "America" tells you where those united states are, the continent of America. The term "American" is generalized and honestly doesn't accurately represent the vast cultural differences within the United States. The states often have their own rights and laws separate from the US government and also unique cultures. Ideally we would be called by our states name for its citizens like Californian or New Yorker, for example. Similar to how you would refer to people from Europe as European unless you wanted to be specific to Italy, then you'd say Italian. But sometimes you need a general term, hence "American."
All that being said, it is problematic and a massive reminder of this country's bloodthirsty and genocidal colonization of a large part of North America. Looking at the country's past shows that they were very much trying to also get central and south America as part of the United States. What better way to propagandize and make it look like they had every right to the rest of the Americas than to make it appear as though this country or that country already was America and therefore should be part of these United States? But however problematic it is this is the name we have now, for better or worse.
As an addendum of sorts. We Indigenous Americans would often much rather be called by the names of our sovereign Nations yet everyone calls us Native American. Why is that? Food for thought that might help with understanding the problematic struggle we have here. It's not simply us as citizens that perpetuate the issue, it's a global colonization effort whether the others realize they are participating or not. (Spoiler: they realize)
tldr: because colonization + United States is a title not a name
- First off, thank you for your great response.
  And yeah, I kinda get that "United States" is just a title, but in my native language (portuguese) we have a specific word for americans: "estadunidense", which basically means "person born in the USA"
  I was just wondering if there was a similar word in english that could be used specifically to these people, just like we have in portuguese. But again, thanks for your answer.
  Also, fun fact: Brazil was actually called "United States of Brazil" for a short period, and our flag looked like a copy of yours, but in yellow and green. But then our king (thankfully) decided to go just by "Brazil"
  
  That's so interesting! I didn't know that Brazil was also a "United States."
  I wish that there was a name for US Citizens in the same way but with English being such a shit show combination of too many different languages, I don't know if that'll be possible. The only way I see it happening is if the US just "adopts" a word from someone else's culture, that's usually how English gets a new word or term.
  
  One way around it is just to say "I'm from the US". I know it's not quite what you asked but based on what everyone else has said about why we're simply "Americans" then I suggest this as an alternative. Also like they said, referring to yourself by state of residence works too, for instance "Texan" or "Californian" since they're basically just as well known as the US itself at this point.
  
  Can't spell "estadunidense" without "dense", can you?
- If Brazil had decided to go by the name "United States of Brazil" we would still call them Brazilians because there is another country with the title "United States" that also exists.
  You dont have to make up an example. Mexico's real name is United states of Mexico, and we call it mexico and Mexicans.
  Source: am mexican
  (And I hate Americans as much as the average person)
- I would argue against the annexation on central and south American and this would be purely a pedantic note.they want a hegemonic influence but not the responsibility of dominion over latin america. For instance They had backed an early coupe against mx that dethroned French backed mx emperor and conquered mx not too long after. They did not annex mexico. They backed a coupe to separate panama from its previous governing body, wrote extremely factorable terms for the canal, did not annex panama. Backed revolt against Spain in Puerto Rico and Cuba and didn't annex either. Backed militants in Nicaragua and didn't annex. Basically they want the resources but not want to build and maintain the roads, schools, police. Which is in my opinion is different than a complete land grab.
- What do you call someone from Panama?
  
  Panamanians IIRC
- "vast cultural differences within the United States" 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣😂😂

In Australia we call them cunts.
- You call everyone Cunts though.
  
  That's if we like you, if we don't then mate, if we want to physically hurt you with a word, we call you champ.
- In Australia, you call your mates cunt and cunts mate
  
  Not just down under, if I call you "friend" then I'm pissed
- Or Seppos.
  
  For septics?
  
  Or skip the rhyming slang and just say yanks. But usually not to their face, we're toi friendly for that. :P
- Rude, but fair...

I knew one that was called "Doug". I'm not sure how much of a generalisation one can make from that though, but it seemed to work for him.
- That settles it. People from the unites states shall henceforth be called "Doug"
  
  Sweet. I already have a cat named pork chop!
  
  Are the Doug's Funny?
- Wait, I thought Dougs were the side characters from books who's names are never relevant.

"American" is the official name, though throughout history attempts have been made to find alternatives. You can read more on the Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonyms_for_the_United_States
The only officially and commonly used alternative for referring to the people of the United States in English is to refer to them as citizens of that country.[18] Another alternative is US-American,[19] also spelled US American.
Several single-word English alternatives for American have been suggested over time, especially Usonian, popularized by architect Frank Lloyd Wright,[20] and the nonce term United-Statesian.[21]
Writer H. L. Mencken collected a number of proposals from between 1789 and 1939, finding terms including Columbian, Columbard, Fredonian, Frede, Unisian, United Statesian, Colonican, Appalacian, Usian, Washingtonian, Usonian, Uessian, U-S-ian, Uesican, and United Stater.[22] Names for broader categories include terms such as Western Hemispherian, New Worlder, and North Atlantican.[23][24][25]
Nevertheless, no alternative to "American" is common in English.[18]
- Nonce term?? Does that mean something different where you are?
  
  That sentence stumped me too, really weird wording. Apparently it means "rare, seldom used" in US English.
  Edit: just checked Urban Dictionary and welp, I didn't foresee the British slang meaning o_O
- I’m definitely going to start using Usonian. It seems the most natural. We probably can’t use Colombian because… you know…that’s a country already haha
  
  Probably a good idea to put some distance between the US and the tainted legacy of Christopher Columbus, too.
- Yankee (or Yank) is a colloquial term for Americans in English; cognates can be found in other languages. Within the United States, Yankee usually refers to people specifically from New England or the Northern United States, though it has been applied to Americans in general since the 18th century, especially by the British.[26] The earliest recorded use in this context is in a 1784 letter by Horatio Nelson.[26]
  I might start calling Americans Yankees
  
  You will almost certainly annoy or piss off some Southerners (Those of the United States south of the Mason-Dixon Line, that is), then.
  So definitely do it.
  
  If you call people in the Southern US a Yankee it won't end well for you.
  
  I prefer yankers thank you very much
  
  And Aussies take that another step further and say "Seppo" which is short for "Septic Tank", which is rhyming slang for "Yank".
  
  Do it, it’s probably the best option really. Feel free to call us Yanks too. Unlike the others proposed it’s one where any of us will know what you mean

The proper term is American.
everybody born in the american continent is technically “american” too
The implied context of your question is in English.. In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent. People from North America are North Americans; people from South America are South Americans. People from the United States of America are American. There is no ambiguity. There is also no good term to collectively describe everyone from the Americas but there’s also rarely any need to discuss that.
I consider terms such as “USonian” and whatnot to be highly offensive. Nobody should tell a people what they are allowed to call themselves in their own language just because the same word means something else in another language. It would be like telling French people they’re not allowed to call their arm a bras because it refers to an article of clothing in English. Other languages where America means something else already have their own terms for people from the US. English, however, has no real ambiguity except that caused by those trying to shame Americans for calling themselves Americans.
- "highly offensive" lol wow chill out bud. It's weird but doesn't bother me at all. Let em call me whatever they want in whatever language they have.
  
  Telling people what they're allowed to be offended by is usually a bad choice.
  Let em call me whatever they want in whatever language they have.
  That's not what this is about though, which is precisely the point. In other languages, "America" means something else, and they all have other terms to refer to people from the US. The whole discussion is about what Americans should be called in English.
- In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent.
  I didn't know that, thanks.
  Nobody should tell a people what they are allowed to call themselves in their own language
  Look man, I'm not american and I didn't ask the question to create some debate about the ethics or whatsoever. I just wanted to know if there was a specific word for that.
  
  In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent.
  I didn't know that, thanks.
  Eh, I agree common and mostly unambiguous usage is that 'America' refers to USA, but even in English it feels incongruous sometimes.
  
  Just to be clear, I didn't think that you were being offensive. It came across entirely as a good faith question from a foreigner, but it ties into (ironically arrogant) advocacy from some foreigners who call Americans arrogant for using the term American.
- People from North America are North Americans; people from South America are South Americans. People from the United States of America are American. There is no ambiguity.
  Thank you for eloquently responding to the pedantry underlying OP's question.
- It would be like telling French people they’re not allowed to call their arm a bras because it refers to an article of clothing in English.
  And yet I've seen so many Americans chastising Spanish speaking people for saying the color black in their own language.
- In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent.
  You mean, in USA world.
  
  No, it's the entire English-speaking world, which actually makes sense since the practice originated with the British Empire long before American independence.
- In the English-speaking world, there is no American continent.
  Not true. North and South America were made up by the government to brainwash people. It's a conspiracy. There are only 4 continents.
  
  Sure, 4 out continents, but what about incontinence.
  
  This is about language, not geology. Doesn't really matter how it came to be that way, North and South America are effectively treated as separate continents and very rarely referred to as a whole, and you saying "but actually" doesn't change that.

Yankee, or Yank.
- How to be murdered by someone from Boston or a southerner who's still not over the civil war
- Yankees are only people from the North East US, like New York. Calling someone from California a Yankee would be laughable.
  
  In the US, sure.
  Outside, a Yankee is a Yankee, even if they're cosplaying a ghost while standing in front of a burning cross and waving a confederate flag. We don't care enough to ask in which state they had the misfortune of being born. 🤷‍♂️
  
  As a Californian I will embrace any non-american who calls me Yankee assuming it's followed by some Sherman posting.
  
  Only in the US. In the rest of the English-speaking world many people don't know or don't care about these differences and it's just a blanket term for all Americans.

Only one country on those countries has the word "America" in its name.
It's commonly understood by all but the most pedantic that "americans" refers exclusively to inhabitants of the USA.
- So they should call them American Americans, or Americericans for short; like I talk about English English because calling it British English implies Scots talk the same way.
  ;-)
  
  Lowkey solid answer
  
  Why not England's English?
  
  They could call themselves "States of America"
  
  I've never had to differentiate before like I have in this conversation. I think I would say "US Americans" since it seems to adopt other languages calling us something like United Statesans without creating an odd word like Statesans.

Estadounidenses
- Thats Mexico I think.
  
  "estados unidense" = states united (Spanish and Portuguese often put the adjective after the affected noun)

North and South America are so big and diverse that there's really no usage for the term "American" being used to refer to everyone on both continents. US just took the term for themselves and no one really cared enough to complain
- Spanish speaking nations complain. They don't mean USA when they say Americano
  
  Okay, but most people in the US wouldn't call themselves Americano.
  
  Holup being from Spanish America I promise you Americano does in fact mean American, despite all complaints.

Language rules (in English at least) are descriptive not prescriptive. They try to explain why Americans are called Americans, not determine what they're called. They're called Americans, whether or not it's logical, or the ideal descriptor, or fits with other names, that's what they're called.
Also most English speaking countries don't have an "American" continent, they have North and South America as separate continents, so you would say someone is North or South American to refer to the continent, not just American. Similar to how some people consider Eurasia a single continent but very few people would identify as Eurasian.
- When referring to the entire continent, I've heard "The Americas" in English.
  Just a reminder: Central America is another division of the American continent.
- Um
  AKSHUALLY
  It's debatable that North and South America are separate continents. I prefer the continental plate system but some countries literally teach that there is an "American" continent that includes both landmasses.
  They also typically merge Europe and Asia, which is absolutely the right thing to do regardless.
  The reason you have this disagreement is that there simply isn't a good, concise definition of "continent," and because at the end of the day it only matters for semantics and racism.
  So the number of continents in the world is between 5 to 7, all debatably correct, depending on who you ask.
  Possibly even 4 if you want to get particularly spicy and say any large, connected landmass is a single continent, merging Africa, Europe, and Asia into a single entity.
  Which is also a more valid take than "Europe is its own continent because white people live there."
  Edit: I forgot to mention the Indian homies are more deserving of a continent than Europe, thanks to having their own tectonic plate.
  Tl;DR the world has 4-8 continents, but it is typically taught as anywhere from 5-7, it just depends on how actually consistent you want to be with your rules for what defines a continent, and 7 is just straight up the scientifically worst option unless India is recognized as a separate continent from Eurasia.
  
  Yeah that's kinda my point haha. Continents are made up and don't mean anything. If you're going by plates then there's dozens of continents.

A US Citizen.
- Not everyone who identifies as American has citizenship, and not everyone with citizenship identifies as American. It's not synonymous.
  
  Did you even read the OP?
  
  US residents are not Americans. They can identify all they want but it doesn't make it true.
  I might relate to Americans on many things but unless I move there and become a citizen I'll never be American.
  I don't disagree with your second sentence though. Considering that some US citizens inherited their citizenship from their parents but never lived there for prolonged periods of time. For them, being a US citizen is just a technicality.

A “US-American” if you need to be very clear. But most people just say “American”.

To add a bit of context, it isn't arrogance or something that drives us to use "American" as a demonym, it's just the linguistic norm. I don't find any of the other names offensive (except seppo, but that one is meant to offend me), but most of us would probably do a double take at the term "USican" or "USian." Virtually all of us would accept Yankee.
Further reading: the full name of Mexico is the United Mexican States. If we wanted to be pedantic, we could say that using the reference to the US would be ambiguous, as they too are technically a US.
- Wasn't Yankee historical origin as a derogatory term?

I like to call them Muricans. Sure, it may sound super similar to "Americans", but it's different enough to sorta make things clearer.
I'm joking. This idea is horrible.

Yank

obese.

I usually respond to "Hey stupid", maybe try that?
Don't actually try this.

The simple answer is really, no. Colloquially if you say "American" you're talking about someone from the USA. We'll further segregate ourselves into the States we're from, which isn't that different a distinction between "European" and "German".

"From the United States"

On a phone, or by yelling.
- My thought was, I guess I'll have to start by dialing 00 for an international line, then 1 for the US

United Statesman
- Unironically I know a few languages that use this term, namely French and Portuguese.
  
  Also Spanish 🇪🇸

The sovereign people of any nation have a right to call themselves what they please. People of the US decided on 'American' long before the Internet was a thing and Latin America people got pissed off. US intervention in Latin America is a stain in history, but this is categorically dumb. US citizens call themselves Americans because it's in the name. Literally. Canadians don't call themselves Americans and never will. This is dumb argument. Respectfully.
- First off, this wasn't supposed to be an argument, just a question. My native language has a specific word for them (and some other languages have too) and I got curious if english itself had such a thing.
  Latin America people got pissed off
  Maybe it's because people say "America" and everybody instantly thinks of the USA, even though you're just another country in the whole continent? For these people you are stealing the word "american" and changing its meaning. People from Asia have the word "asian", people in Europe got "european", people in Africa got "african", but we? We don't have a meaningful word anymore. And I'm not saying it's your fault or even it's a fault of your founding fathers. I'm just trying to tell you why these people get mad.
  
  There is no continent called "America". We have North America and South America.
  When someone says "South American" I don't think Alabama I think Brazil or Argentina.
  The term "North American" is commonly used when you're describing something that applies to both Canada and the US. Eg. "North American sports teams".
  We commonly use the term "Central American" when referring to Mexico, El Salvador, etc. because even though they are technically in North America there is a strong cultural divide, similar to how the middle East is technically Asia, but you'd never refer to someone from Saudi Arabia as "Asian".
  
  If most people say Korea they mean South Korea. That's because North Korea is far less likely the thing to be referenced, so you need to go out of your way to specify North if you actually mean that instead of South.
  Same goes for all kinds of things.
  
  Do South and Central American words not exist in spanish? Soy de Sudamérica. Soy de Centroamérica. As the other comment said, this question is not ambiguous at all. And I know why people get mad, they hate the US, which I understand because they're assholes. No one will deny it. Ask any self respecting american and they will agree.
  But with all due respect, this is a dumb ass question. Respectfully.
- Canadians actually emphasize north American culture when they talk about stuff they've got in common with us as opposed to trying to make "united statesian" work like the Spanish speakers
- Y en español les decimos estadounidenses. Porque son los putos Estados Unidos, y se la calan porque los cabrones no tienen la decencia de ser amables con sus vecinos.
  
  En español deberían decir estadounidenses, que es el gentilicio que tienen en este idioma.
  En inglés es batalla perdida.
  
  Puedo harcerte una pregunta? si eres de mexico, te llamarias americano? Querrias hacerlo? Soy de los Estados Unidos y no me importa si te llamas americano, pero no se por que querrias. Yo diria que "soy norteamericano" o "soy latinoamericano".
  (Lo siento si mi espanol es malo, estoy aprendiendo).
- No argument is being made in the post.
- US intervention in the the rest of America isn't ancient history. It's happening right now.
- It goes back to the colonies. In the British Empire the continental colonies were "the American colonies," so British subjects from said colonies were called "Americans" for upwards of 200 years prior to the revolution. After the revolution, since Halifax was the only major continental port that remained in British hands, it made sense to call its colonists something else, while those to the south retained the name "Americans."
  Conversely, the Caribbean possessions were called "The West Indies" or "The West Indies Station."

Gringo or gabacho.
- AFAIK, the word "gringo" is used by latinos to refer to anyone from other countries, not specifically US citizens. But yeah, definitely gringo
  
  In mexico is pretty much exclusive to people from the US, don't know about the rest of the continent tho.
  
  From what I've seen "gringo" refers to white people
  
  It varies from country to country. Can be either.

Honestly, Yankee is probably the best. Some southerners won’t like it, and westerners will probably be confused, but we all know it means American and it’s the only real term for one of us that doesn’t lend the question “and why do we call you this and not people from the United States of Mexico this”. Our country’s name is unfortunately extremely generic.
- This is definitely not the universal term all americans would go by. Many even find it offensive.
- Southerners use this term pejoratively sometimes. I wouldn't assume every person is actually cool with it.
  It always annoys me to be called a yank because my family is northern but I lived in the South for a while as a kid and they weren't calling me a Yankee to be nice or fun. A lot of southerners are still butthurt about losing the US civil war and get tribalistic about it.

In french you can say états-unien and you might translate it as States-nan
- In Italian "statunitensi", i.e. United States people
  
  So, basically every language has a specific word for US citizens, except english? LOL

In Germany we call them "US-Amerikaner".
- formally yes, but most people I know just say "Ami"
  
  Which is Latin for “friend” 😊

Gringos

It's always been funny to me when latin Americans get pissy at the term American being used to describe the country who's president is Biden ( said with love as mx) . They always try to correct Americans to "estados unidenses" United Statean. Which in my opinion doesn't work for 3 reasons. First name recognition most of the world associate Americans with 'merica. 2nd it's a difficult set of words for Anglo speakers especially vs Americano. Thirdly there are actually 2 countries thats proper name include "United States" those are united states of American and United States of Mexico, who colloquially are known as America and Mexico respectively.
- I am brazilian, and "estadunidense" works perfectly for our daily needs cuz ya know, no one mentions Mexico as "United states"
  
  Oh, fun - I just used Brazilians as an example in another comment. Would you ever say "I'm American" when you're talking about your continent?
- ~~There's also United States of Brazil~~.
  But you've got "Mexican" and "Brazilian" for both of those countries that include United States in their proper names.
  I'd continue to say "United statean" in Spanish because that's an accepted name in the Spanish language. There's no confusion to what country you're referring to.
  But in English it is a lost battle. If you mean to include people from the entire continent, you'd have to say "American, as in the continent".
  Edit: The current official name of Brazil is Federative Republic of Brazil.
  
  America is 2 continents, it'd be easier to say North American/South American. There is rarely a reason to lump both continents together. No one refers to people from Europe or Asia as Eurasians

Judging from playing video games in EU lobbies, "Hamburger"?
- But what if I'm not from Hamburg

US-Amerikaner
US-Americans
- I like this one, it's easy to say and clear.

Treasonous Colonial

U.S.A-holes

As an American, I don't really give a crap what nationality someone calls me as long as they're not being rude. I honestly identify as a Floridian anyway. So, even if I met other Americans overseas, I'd think of them as from their state or cultural area (Plains, Appalachia, Southwest, etc.).
I don't expect people outside of the US to know the difference even though the US supposedly dominates the world with media. I don't know much about the vast majority of other countries, including England. All I know is that people from Liverpool are apparently bollocks...whatever that means.
- I thought people from Liverpool are Scousers, bollocks are something entirely different.
- According to English people 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, everyone and their dog is a...
  (*reads through pages)
  "tool".
  And according to Australians 🇦🇺, everyone is a...
  (*reads through pages again)
  "Cunt."

In Italian he/she would be called statunitense, statunitensi for they.

While technically correct, I've never heard a Brazilian refer to themselves as "American" when they intended to mean South American. Linguistically, when you say "American" you're talking about a citizen of the United States, not just any person from the western hemisphere. And if you're talking about a specific continent (North America, Central America, South America) you're going to be specific about it. A Brazilian would say "I'm South American" when referring to their continent.
- Brazil considers the Americas to be a single continent, with south/north being subdivisions. A lot of people here don't understand that usa's actual name is America just like the continent, so they often get mad when the word American is used to refer to people from the USA instead of from anywhere in the americas.
  
  If anything we should just rename the continents to remove the confusion.
- I feel like I've never even heard someone say it like that either. Maybe it's just my bubble but I never hear people refer to themselves by their continent except maybe occasionally Europeans.

It also really bothers me that they get to coin the whole American term when it's a terrible representation of America as a continent, the USA doesn't really even have a proper name, it's a description, kinda like calling a dog Dog. Mexico's full name is actually Mexican United States of America.
I personally call them united-statesian when the word gringo doesn't fit the context, which is the translation of estadounidense from Spanish. But it's so stupid because whatever you call them applies to so many more people than just them because they don't have a name! And their states are not really that united.
- Especially since one of the states- Hawaii- is not in the Americas
  
  omg, you just blew my mind 😮
  We need to change our name to Some United States of America and the Pacific and also Caribbean and Oceania Territories (SUSAPCOT), which could be turned into Susapcotians.
  Hi! I'm a Susapcotian 😁 <- big stereotypical Susapcotian smile
  
  In our defense they weren’t a state until our country was nearly 200 years old

Idk about everybody else, but you can call me Michael (or kase, obv) :)

美国人

Main protagonist

USAdian

In spanish its estadounidense

"someone born in the US"

yank
- This, especially if you're trolling right wing Americans.

Usonano

Murican. Defenders of Freedom. Liberators of Liberty. Hot Dogs. Butch.

♪Booooooorn in the US-A!♪
and you have to sing it in tune to use this term correctly.
To answer your question seriously: As a Canadian, I'd say "...from the States" to describe an American.
Bonus: "our Southern neighbours" is the polite term I use when something stupid happens in the US and I'm hoping and praying Canada can ward off that part of culture making its way here.

Stinky Gringo

In Arabic there's multiple possibilities depending on the speaker, but my favorite is "Amrikani"
- Here in Morocco we call them "Mirikani", so it's not that far off.
  
  I am learning Swahili and it's Mmarekani which I bungle the spelling of constantly
- In Czech one could say Amíci! Latin anyone?

First off, there is also a North America.
Second, those of us in North and South America refer to ourselves as such. Canadians are North Americans, not Americans.
Third, Americans are usually referred to as Yankees or Yanks outside of America, much like the English are referred to as Poms and the Canadians referred to as Canucks.
- Wait English are poms?
  
  Poms indeed.

Technically you could shorten it the other way to Unionist. Which is likely to be confusing, but on the plus side might make some idiots mad.

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