utc sorry wilyd but re stating a flawed argument doesn't validate it you're starting from the standpoint that the one true meaning of a word is the one used in a single place and thus all other different uses of the word are invalid this is not true although movies and books have made american an understood term for from the united states in most countries american is used for the landmass and not the country in latin america which comprises far more people than the usa itself the term americano is used for the landmass and the continents not for a country this may sit well because as you've implied america has always been for you your country and while this is respectable it doesn't mean your opinion is more valid that the one from those that don't share it incidentally stating that only your local opinion is valid is as much soapboxing as you're trying to lay on others unless the wikipedia is suddenly defined to be formally u s a centric and being in english obviously doesn't count then rest of the world views are perfectly acceptable this page exists in part to make it clear that american is not always a demonym of the usa and this is a fact as much a fact as u s citizens believen it does november