Harry21420 Profile Topics Started Replies Created Engagements Favorites Search replies: Forum Replies Created Viewing 1 post (of 1 total) Author Posts June 19, 2002 at 12:00 am in reply to: Why is the U.S. called America? #15438 Harry21420Member It has been adopted because it’s the only country with ‘America’ as part of its name i.e. United States of America. Hence, America is used as a short-form name. User Detail : Name : Harry21420, City : Oromocto, State : NA, Country : Canada, Author Posts Viewing 1 post (of 1 total)