America is a short-form name for the United States of America. America or América may also refer to:

Places

* The

Americas The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. Along with th ...

, a landmass comprising the continents of North America and South America

Argentina

* América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Colombia

* La América, Commune of Medellín, Colombia

Mexico

* América, Tamaulipas, Mexico * América II, Tamaulipas, Mexico

United States

America, Illinois America is an unincorporated community in Pulaski County, Illinois, United States. It lies northeast of Mound City. Founded in part by the American entrepreneur Justus Post, Post made attempts to establish a community like the one he had previ ...

, U.S. * America, Indiana, U.S. *

America, Oklahoma America is a ghost town in southeastern McCurtain County, Oklahoma, United States. It was located 7 miles southeast of Haworth. The town was named after America Stewart, wife of Tom Stewart, a local resident. History America grew around a sawmi ...

, U.S.

Other

* America, Limburg, Netherlands * 916 America, an asteroid

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''America'' (1924 film), by D. W. Griffith * ''America'' (2009 film), an American made-for-television film * ''América'' (2010 film), from Portugal * ''America'' (2011 film), from Puerto Rico * ''America'' (2022 film), mainly Israeli film * '' America: Freedom to Fascism'', a 2006 documentary * '' America: Imagine the World Without Her'', a 2014 documentary film based on a book by Dinesh D'Souza * '' America America'', a 1963 American film by Elia Kazan

Literature

* "America" (''Judge Dredd'' story), by John Wagner * ''America'' (novel), a 2002 young adult novel by E. R. Frank * "America" (poem), 1956, by Allen Ginsberg * "America" (short story), by Orson Scott Card * ''America'', a Jake Grafton novel by Stephen Coonts * "America", a poem by Walt Whitman from ''

Leaves of Grass ''Leaves of Grass'' is a poetry collection by American poet Walt Whitman. Though it was first published in 1855, Whitman spent most of his professional life writing and rewriting ''Leaves of Grass'', revising it multiple times until his death. T ...

'' * ''Amerika'' (novel), by Franz Kafka * ''America'', Jean Baudrillard 1988

Music

Groups and labels

* America (band) *

America Records (France) America Records was a French jazz record label A record label, or record company, is a brand or trademark of music recordings and music videos, or the company that owns it. Sometimes, a record label is also a publishing company that manage ...

, a jazz record label

Albums

* ''America'' (America album), 1971 * ''America'' (Kurtis Blow album), 1985 * ''America'' (Dan Deacon album), 2012 * ''America'' (John Fahey album), 1971 * ''America'' (Havalina album), 1999 * ''America'' (Julio Iglesias album), 1976 * ''America'' (Modern Talking album), 2001 * ''America'' (Wadada Leo Smith album), 2009 * ''America'', a 1989 album by George Adams * ''America: An Album for All Ages'', a 2009 album by Bobby Susser * '' America – The EP'', a 2006 EP by Rebecca St. James * '' América & En Vivo'', a 1992 EP by Luis Miguel * ''America'' (Thirty Seconds to Mars album), 2018

Songs

* "America" (Deuce song), 2012 * "America" (Neil Diamond song), 1980 * "America" (Waylon Jennings song) * "America" (Killing Joke song), 1988 * "America" (Prince song), 1985 * "America" (Razorlight song), 2006 * "America" (Simon & Garfunkel song), 1968 * "America" (Sufjan Stevens song), 2020 * "America", a song by Tracy Chapman from '' Where You Live'' * "America", a song by David Essex from the 1974 album ''

David Essex David Essex (born David Albert Cook; 23 July 1947) is an English singer, songwriter, and actor. Since the 1970s, he has attained 19 Top 40 singles in the UK (including two number ones) and 16 Top 40 albums. Internationally, Essex had the most ...

'' * "America", a song by Imagine Dragons from '' Night Visions'' * "America", a 1982 song by Motörhead from '' Iron Fist'' * "America", a song by London Grammar from their 2021 album '' Californian Soil'' * "America", a song by Nas from his untitled ninth studio album * "América", a song by José Luis Perales * "America", a song by Royce da 5'9" from '' Layers'' * "America", a song by Santana featuring P.O.D. from ''

Shaman Shamanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman) interacting with what they believe to be a spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance. The goal of this is usually to direct spirits or spir ...

'' * "America", a song by Bree Sharp from her 1999 debut album '' A Cheap and Evil Girl'' * "America", a song by Steppenwolf from the album '' Monster'' * "America", a song by Bobby Susser from ''America: An Album for All Ages'' * "America (Never Been)", a song by Car Seat Headrest from ''How to Leave Town'' * "America" (''West Side Story'' song) * "

America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee) "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)" is an American patriotic song, the lyrics of which were written by Samuel Francis Smith. The song served as one of the ''de facto'' national anthems of the United States (along with songs like "Hail, Columb ...

", a patriotic song of the United States * "

America the Beautiful "America the Beautiful" is a patriotic American song. Its lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates and its music was composed by church organist and choirmaster Samuel A. Ward at Grace Episcopal Church in Newark, New Jersey. The two neve ...

", a patriotic anthem of the United States

Radio and television stations

America (XM) America was a Commercial-free Music channel on XM Satellite Radio that specialized in playing Classic country music. It was available on channel 10 on XM and channel 808 on DirecTV. America was scrapped as part of the Sirius XM Radio, Sirius/XM m ...

, a satellite radio channel * América 2, an Argentine television station *

America One America One was an American television network established in 1995 by USFR Media Group through its America One Television subsidiary.

, an American over-the-air television network *

América Televisión América Televisión is a Peruvian television network, founded in 1958. The network is owned by Plural TV, which is a joint venture of the '' El Comercio'' and ''La República'' daily newspapers. It was the second television channel to be fou ...

, a Peruvian television network

Television

* ''América'' (Brazilian TV series), a telenovela * ''America'' (American TV series), a talk show * '' America: A Personal History of the United States'', a BBC documentary series * '' America: The Story of Us'', a six-part documentary on the history of the United States

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

* ''America'' (magazine), a magazine published by the Jesuits * '' America (The Book)'', a 2006 book by the staff of ''The Daily Show with Jon Stewart'' * ''America'' (toilet), a sculpture by Maurizio Cattelan * ''America'' (video game), 2001

People

* América Alonso (1936–2022), Venezuelan actress * América Barrios (1917–2001), Cuban actress * America Waldo Bogle (1844–1903), American pioneer * America McCutchen Drennan (1830–1903), American educator and missionary *

America Ferrera America Georgina Ferrera (; born April 18, 1984) is an American actress. Born in Los Angeles to Honduran parents, Ferrera developed an interest in acting at a young age, performing in several stage productions at her school. She made her featu ...

(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 America Young (born December 6, 1984) is an American actress, director, writer, stunt performer and producer from Santa Fe, New Mexico. She has been the voice of Barbie since 2018, having previously voiced her in the ''Barbie Vlogger'' web series. ...

(born 1984), American actress * America Vera Zavala (born 1976), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

* America Chavez, superhero from Marvel Comics

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 ''Grande America'' was a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship built by Fincantieri in 1997, owned and operated by Grimaldi Lines, a subsidiary of Grimaldi Group. It sank in the Bay of Biscay in March 2019. Sinking On 10 March 2019, ''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") *

American (word) The meaning of the word ''American'' in the English language varies according to the historical, geographical, and political context in which it is used. ''American'' is derived from ''America'', a term originally denoting all of the Americas (a ...

Americas (terminology) The Americas, also known as America,"America." ''The Oxford Companion to the English Language'' (). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: " 6c: from the feminine of ''Americus'', the Latinized first name of the expl ...

* Naming of the Americas