Well, “America” comes from the cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. His first name appeared at the bottom of early maps of the new country and people just adopted the name “America” as the country/region.
I don’t think it’s subversive to call us America. It’s not like any other country’s citizens consider themselves American and if they do, no one in common parlance uses the term to refer to a Canadian or Mexican.
Well, “America” comes from the cartographer Amerigo Vespucci. His first name appeared at the bottom of early maps of the new country and people just adopted the name “America” as the country/region.
I don’t think it’s subversive to call us America. It’s not like any other country’s citizens consider themselves American and if they do, no one in common parlance uses the term to refer to a Canadian or Mexican.