Original sentence: Colombia, the country, however, has taken this name for the Americas as the name of its country.Columbia (name) is a name for the Americas, including both North and South America.Exactly the same problem happens with use of the words Columbia/Colombia and Colombian.People in the United States have used Columbia as a name for the United States, even prior to Colombia being named, although in modern usage American is preferred.Similar to the way Americans is used in the United States, people from Colombia are called Colombians.The Spanish spelling of the English Columbia is Colombia; hence Distrito de Colombia is the Spanish name for District of Columbia.The capital of the United States sits on the District of Columbia.The use of American as a national demonym for U.nationals is challenged, primarily by Latin Americans