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America is, in common English usage, a short-form name for the United States of America.

Contents

• Places
• Argentina
• Colombia
• Mexico
• United States
• Other
• Arts, entertainment, and media
• Films
• Literature
• Music
• Radio and television stations
• Television
• Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media
• People
• Fictional characters
• Ships and boats
• Sports
• Transportation
• Other uses
• See also

America or América may also refer to:

Places

• The Americas, a landmass comprising the continents of North America and South America

Arts, entertainment, and media

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

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

See also

• 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
• All pages with titles beginning with America

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