America (disambiguation)

**America** is, in English, usually a short name for the United States of America.

The **Americas** (North and South America) is rarely but sometimes called "America".

**America** or **América** may also mean:

### Argentina

- América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

### Colombia

- La América, Commune of Medellín, Colombia

### Mexico

- América, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- América II, Tamaulipas, Mexico

### United States

- America, Illinois, U.S.
- America, Indiana, U.S.
- America, Oklahoma, U.S.

### Other

- America, Limburg, Netherlands
- 916 America, an asteroid

### Films

- _America_ (1924 film), by D. W. Griffith
- _America_ (2009 film), an American made-for-television film
- _América_ (2010 film), from Portugal
- _America_ (2011 film), from Puerto Rico
- _America_ (2022 film), mainly Israeli film
- _America: Freedom to Fascism_, a 2006 documentary
- _America: Imagine the World Without Her_, a 2014 documentary film based on a book by Dinesh D'Souza
- _America: The Motion Picture_, a 2021 American animated film
- _America America_, a 1963 American film by Elia Kazan

### Literature

- "America" (_Judge Dredd_ story), by John Wagner
- _America_ (novel), a 2002 young adult novel by E. R. Frank
- "America" (poem), 1956, by Allen Ginsberg
- "America" (short story), by Orson Scott Card
- _America_, a Jake Grafton novel by Stephen Coonts
- "America", a poem by Walt Whitman from _Leaves of Grass_
- _America_, a 1986 book by Jean Baudrillard
- _America (The Book)_, a 2006 book by the staff of _The Daily Show with Jon Stewart_

#### Groups and labels

- America (band)
- America Records (France), a jazz record label

#### Albums

- _America_ (America album), 1971
- _America_ (Kurtis Blow album), 1985
- _America_ (Dan Deacon album), 2012
- _America_ (John Fahey album), 1971
- _America_ (Havalina album), 1999
- _America_ (Julio Iglesias album), 1976
- _America_ (Modern Talking album), 2001
- _America_ (Wadada Leo Smith album), 2009
- _America_, a 1989 album by George Adams
- _America: An Album for All Ages_, a 2009 album by Bobby Susser
- _America – The EP_, a 2006 EP by Rebecca St. James
- _América & En Vivo_, a 1992 EP by Luis Miguel
- _America_ (Thirty Seconds to Mars album), 2018

#### Songs

- "America" (Deuce song), 2012
- "America" (Neil Diamond song), 1980
- "America" (KBC Band song), 1987
- "America" (Waylon Jennings song)
- "America" (Killing Joke song), 1988
- "America" (Prince song), 1985
- "America" (Razorlight song), 2006
- "America" (Simon & Garfunkel song), 1968
- "America" (Sufjan Stevens song), 2020
- "America" (_West Side Story_ song), 1957
- "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)", a patriotic song of the United States
- "America the Beautiful", a patriotic anthem of the United States
- "America", a song by Tracy Chapman from _Where You Live_
- "America", a song by Kevin Coyne from _Heartburn_, 1976
- "America", a song by David Essex from the 1974 album _David Essex_
- "America", a song by Imagine Dragons from _Night Visions_
- "America", a song by Jewel from _0304_
- "America", a song by London Grammar from their 2021 album _Californian Soil_
- "America", a 1982 song by Motörhead from _Iron Fist_
- "America", a song by Nas from his untitled ninth studio album
- "América", a song by José Luis Perales
- "America", a song by Royce da 5'9" from _Layers_
- "America", a song by Santana featuring P.O.D. from _Shaman_
- "America", a song by Bree Sharp from her 1999 debut album _A Cheap and Evil Girl_
- "America", a song by Steppenwolf from the album _Monster_
- "America", a song by Bobby Susser from _America: An Album for All Ages_
- "America", a song by Wu-Tang Clan and Killah Priest from _America Is Dying Slowly_
- "America (Never Been)", a song by Car Seat Headrest from _How to Leave Town_

### Radio and television stations

- America (XM), a satellite radio channel
- América 2, an Argentine television station
- America One, an American over-the-air television network
- América Paraguay, a Paraguayan television network
- América Televisión, a Peruvian television network

### Television

- _América_ (Brazilian TV series), a telenovela
- _America_ (American TV series), a talk show
- _America: A Personal History of the United States_, a BBC documentary series
- _America: The Story of Us_, a six-part documentary on the history of the United States
- _The Americas_ (TV series), an NBC nature documentary series

### Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

- _America_ (magazine), a magazine published by the Jesuits
- _America_ (toilet), a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan
- _America_ (video game), 2001

## People

- América Alonso (1936–2022), Venezuelan actress
- América Barrios (1917–2001), Cuban actress
- America Chedister (1895–1975), American actress
- America Waldo Bogle (1844–1903), American pioneer
- America McCutchen Drennan (1830–1903), American educator and missionary
- America Ferrera (born 1984), American actress
- America Martin (born 1980), American artist
- America Meredith (born 1972), American artist
- America Newton (1835–1917), American pioneer
- America Olivo (born 1978), American actress
- America W. Robinson (1855–1912), American educator
- América del Pilar Rodrigo, Argentinian botanist
- America Iglesias Thatcher (1907–1989), Puerto Rican labor activist
- America Thayer (died 2021), American murder victim
- America Young (born 1984), American actress
- America Vera Zavala (born 1976), Swedish politician

### Fictional characters

- America, a character in the 2023 American romantic comedy drama movie _Beautiful Disaster_
- America Chavez, superhero from Marvel Comics

## Ships and boats

- _America_ (yacht), winner of the America's Cup in 1851
- _America_-class amphibious assault ship, of the U.S.
- _America_-class steamship, Cunard sidewheel transatlantic steamships
    - RMS _America_, first of the _America_-class
- French ship _America_ (1788), a Téméraire-class ship of the French Navy
    - _America_-class ship of the line, derived from the French ship _America_
- _Grande America_, an Italian cargo ship, sunken on 12 March 2019 near France
- HMS _America_, any of several ships of the Royal Navy
- SS _America_, any of several ships of that name
- USS _America_, any of several ships of the US Navy
- Herreshoff America, an American catboat design

## Sports

- América de Cali, an association football (soccer) club from Cali, Colombia
- América Football Club (disambiguation)
- América Managua, an association football (soccer) club from Managua, Nicaragua
- Club América, an association football (soccer) club from Mexico City
- Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup"), association football (soccer) competition in South America

## Transportation

- _America_ (aircraft), used by Richard E. Byrd on a 1927 transatlantic flight
- _America_ (airship), flown in 1907 and 1909 attempts to reach the North Pole, and a 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic
- America (American automobile)
- America (Spanish automobile)

## Other uses

- Apollo 17 Command/Service Module (callsign "America")
- _America_ (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Disteniidae
- American (word)
- Americas (terminology)
- Naming of the Americas

## Related pages

- Air America (disambiguation)
- American (disambiguation)
- Americana (disambiguation)
- Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), for whom the Americas were named
- Amerika (disambiguation)
- Amerrique Mountains
- _Amreeka_, a 2009 film
- _Umrika_, a 2015 Indian film by Prashant Nair
- Captain America (disambiguation)
- Pan-American (disambiguation)
- The American (disambiguation)
- The Americans (disambiguation)
- Armorica