America
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America is usually meant as either:
- The Americas, a set of continents and islands between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, usually subdivided into:
- The United States of America. The usage of "America" to refer to the United States is commonly used in the US and elsewhere, but is highly contested in many parts of the world. See Use of the word American and Alternative words for American.
America is also:
America is the title or name of:
- "America", a song by Simon and Garfunkel
- "America", a song by Prince
- America (band), a rock and roll band
- America, the title of their debut album
- America, a 1924 film directed by D.W. Griffith
- America, a racing yacht that won the first ever America's Cup in 1851
- América, a Brazilian telenovela (soap opera).
- America, a multi-engine airplane used by Richard E. Byrd and his crew on a 1927 transatlantic flight
- America, a passenger liner commanded by George Fried involved in a famous sea rescue in 1929
- America, a weekly Catholic magazine
- America (The Book), a book written by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.
- America, a book by Jean Baudrillard examining the state sociologically
- '"America", a song from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein, also performed by the UK rock group The Nice
- America (XM), XM Satellite Radio channel 10
- USS America, the name of three United States Navy ships
- America (television station), an Argentinian television station
America is an alternative title for:
- "My Country, 'Tis of Thee", a U.S. patriotic song
America is an adaption of the name of Amerigo Vespucci.
