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That's what I wrote, that in English speaking countries you refer to the whole continent as "the Americas".

The name "America", though, was given to the whole "New World", which is what we now call "America", the continent. British started using the name just for what is now the US, so in English speaking countries, the usage is different nowdays. In other countries "America" continues to be used for the whole continent (it is still considered one conti nent, not two).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent