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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][b]This US-centric use of the word "American"[/b] reminds me of the fact that people in the US use the name "World Series" for domestic baseball.

(BTW: the country that won the most Olympic gold medals for baseball was... Cuba).[/quote]

What do you propose as an alternative in English?[/quote]

I have no suggestion.  I like "U.S. people," but it is not practical.  The name of the country is such that the adjective "American" is the least cacophonic.  But in Spanish, "estadounidense" is fine, or in French "etat-unien".

A point where everyone could agree is that "American" can mean different things depending on the context.

And for those who insist that there is no such thing as a continent called "America"  -- despite the fact that that name was given to the New World by the Europeans (and latter used to describe sub-sections of the continent into north, central, and south) and despite the facts that all Latin americans, most Western Europeans, at least the former French colonies in Africa, and many others believe this continent exists -- they can at least understand that anyone from the "Americas" is also an American.[/quote]

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