What is "america"

1507, in Cartographer Martin Waldseemüller's treatise "Cosmographiae Introductio," from Modern Latin Americanus, after Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512) who made two trips to the New World as a navigator and claimed to have discovered it. His published works put forward the idea that it was a new continent, and he was first to call it Novus Mundus "New World." Amerigo is more easily Latinized than Vespucci.\n

\nThe name Amerigo is Germanic, said to derive from Gothic Amalrich, literally "work-ruler." The Old English form of the name has come down as surnames Emmerich, Emery, etc. The Italian fem. form merged into Amelia.\n

\nColloquial pronunciation "Ameri-kay," not uncommon 19c., goes back to at least 1643 and a poem that rhymed the word with away. Amerika "U.S. society viewed as racist, fascist, oppressive, etc." first attested 1969; the spelling is German, but may also suggest the KKK.\n\nIt is interesting to remember that the song which is essentially Southern -- "Dixie" -- and that which is essentially Northern -- "Yankee Doodle" -- never really had any serious words to them. ["The Bookman," June 1910]\n

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\nFREDONIA, FREDONIAN, FREDE, FREDISH, &c. &c.\n
\nThese extraordinary words, which have been deservedly ridiculed here as well as in England, were proposed sometime ago, and countenanced by two or three individuals, as names for the territory and people of the United States. The general term American is now commonly understood (at least in all places where the English language is spoken,) to mean an inhabitant of the United States; and is so employed, except where unusual precision of language is required.

[Pickering, 1816]

alt. 1 The continents of North America and South America, especially when considered to form a single continent; the Americas 2 The United States of America. n. 1 The continents of North America and South America, especially when considered to form a single continent; the Americas 2 The United States of America.

America is a rock band, formed in England in 1970 by multi-instrumentalists Dewey Bunnell, Dan Peek, and Gerry Beckley. The trio first met as sons of U.S. Air Force personnel stationed in London, where they began performing live.

America achieved significant popularity in the 1970s, and was famous for the trio's close vocal harmonies and light acoustic folk sound. This popularity was confirmed by a string of hit albums and singles, many of which found airplay on pop/soft rock stations.

The band came together shortly after the members' graduation from high school, and a record deal with Warner Bros. Records followed. Their debut 1971 self-titled album America, produced the transatlantic hits " A Horse with No Name" and " I Need You"; Homecoming (1972) produced the single " Ventura Highway"; and Hat Trick (1973), a modest success on the charts which fared poorly in sales, produced one minor hit song " Muskrat Love". 1974's Holiday featured the hits " Tin Man" and " Lonely People"; and 1975's Hearts generated the number one single " Sister Golden Hair" alongside " Daisy Jane". History: America's Greatest Hits, a compilation of hit singles, was released the same year and was certified multi-platinum in the United States and Australia. Peek left the group in 1977 and their commercial fortunes declined, despite a brief return to the top in 1982 with the single " You Can Do Magic".

Four decades into their career, the group continues to record material and tour with regularity. Their 2007 album Here & Now was a collaboration with a new generation of musicians who credited the band as an influence. America won a Grammy for Best New Artist at the 15th Annual Grammy Awards. The group has also been inducted into the Vocal Group Hall of Fame and has received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

"America" is a song by American music duo Simon & Garfunkel from their fourth studio album, Bookends (1968). Produced by the duo and Roy Halee, the song was later issued as a single in 1972 to promote the release of Simon & Garfunkel's Greatest Hits.

The song was written by Paul Simon and concerns young lovers hitchhiking their way across the United States, in search of "America", one both literal and figurative. It was inspired by a 1964 road trip with his girlfriend Kathy Chitty.

The song has been regarded as one of Simon's strongest songwriting efforts and one of the duo's best songs. A 2014 Rolling Stone reader's poll ranked it the group's fourth best song.

The America was a Spanish automobile manufactured in Barcelona from 1917 to 1922. The four-cylinder " valveless" model, the "Tipo A", had a primitive synchromesh gearbox and worm final drive. The firm's main product was the 1097cc "Tipo B"; the "Tipo C" was an ohv racing model.

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America is a national weekly magazine published by the Jesuits of the United States. It contains news and opinion about Roman Catholicism, and how it relates to American politics and cultural life. The magazine is headquartered in midtown Manhattan, and has a circulation of approximately 45,000. The magazine is also available online.

America by Havalina was released in 1999 on Wignalls' own label, Jackson Rubio. It is a musical tour of America by region and draws on many regional musical influences.

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"America" (also known as "They're Coming to America" or "Coming to America") is the name of a patriotic song written and originally recorded by Neil Diamond, released in 1980 as part of The Jazz Singer soundtrack album. The song was a hit single in the United States in 1981, reaching number eight on the Billboard Hot 100 and was Diamond's sixth number one on the Adult Contemporary chart. Billboard also rated it as the #62 pop single overall for 1981. Although the single version was a studio recording, it sounds live because of crowd overdubs in the song.

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction is a 2004 humor book written by Jon Stewart and other writers of The Daily Show that parodies and satirizes American politics and worldview. It has won several awards, and generated some controversy.

An updated trade paperback edition was published in 2006 as a "Teacher's Edition", with updated coverage of the Supreme Court Justices (including Samuel Alito and John Roberts, who were appointed after the 2004 book's publication), and fact checking by Stanley K. Schultz, professor emeritus of history at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with red marks and remarks appearing throughout, correcting the satirical "mistakes" (and a few honest errors) of the original edition.

América is a Brazilian- American telenovela that was originally broadcast in 2005 by Rede Globo. The telenovela focused on the life of an illegal immigrant to the United States and the lives of those she left behind in Brazil. It stars Deborah Secco and Murilo Benício. It was written by Glória Perez and directed by Jayme Monjardim and Marcos Schechtman.

In 2009, Telemundo began airing a Spanish-dubbed version of this series and ran for approximately one year. 1. The network aired the series from Monday to Friday in the daytime. Unlike most of its soap operas, the network didn't broadcast English subtitles as closed captions on CC3.

"America" is a poem by Allen Ginsberg, written in 1956. It appears in his collection Howl and Other Poems.

The poem is in the first person and reads much like a monologue. It is presented in a somewhat rambling, stream of consciousness format.

America is a largely political work, with much of the poem consisting of various accusations against the United States, its government, and its citizens. Ginsberg uses sarcasm to accuse America of attempting to divert responsibility for the Cold War ("America you don't want to go to war/ it's them bad Russians / Them Russians them Russians and them Chinamen. / And them Russians"), and makes numerous references to both leftist and anarchist political movements and figures (including Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro Boys and the Wobblies). Ginsberg's dissatisfaction, however, is tinged with optimism and hope, as exemplified by phrases like "When will you end the human war?" (as opposed to "why don't you...?"). The poem's ending is also highly optimistic, a promise to put his "queer shoulder to the wheel," although the original draft ended on a bleaker note: "Dark America! toward whom I close my eyes for prophecy, / and bend my speaking heart! / Betrayed! Betrayed!"1

America is also an intensely personal poem, making references to Ginsberg's use of marijuana and his homosexuality, as well as fellow Beat writer William S. Burroughs. There is considerable reference to the alienation Ginsberg felt as a result of the culture of the McCarthy era combined with the values implied in the burgeoning suburbia. The longest line in the poem is a sentimental description of a Communist meeting his mother took him to when he was a child, ending abruptly with the ironic pronouncement "Everybody must have been a spy." .

America is the eponymous debut album by America, released in 1971. It was initially released without " A Horse with No Name", which was released as a single in late 1971. When "Horse" became a worldwide hit in early 1972, the album was re-released with that track.

The album went to No. 1 on the Billboard album chart in the United States and stayed there for five weeks. It produced two hit singles; "A Horse with No Name" spent three weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard singles chart in 1972 (it peaked at No. 3 on the Adult Contemporary chart), and " I Need You" hit No. 9 on the Billboard singles chart and No. 7 on the AC chart. Several other songs received radio airplay on FM stations playing album tracks, including "Sandman" (long-rumored to be about the United States Navy VQ-2 air squadron formerly based in Rota, Spain) and "Three Roses". The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for sales in excess of one million units in the U.S.

The America was built by the Motor Car Co. of America, New York City, New York in 1911. It was available in five models, all with an L-head 4-cylinder engine giving off . The torpedo, capable of holding two passengers, had a long, low silhouette and a rounded aft-section. Unusually, these cars had an auxiliary fuel tank. It is claimed that this company was later associated with McIntyre Automobile.

America is the tenth studio album by German europop duo Modern Talking. The album was released on March 19, 2001 through label Hansa Records and it was distributed by BMG International. America landed on the German album chart on April 2, 2001 entering at position number two and spent two weeks at that position. It spent a total of five weeks within the top-10 and 15 weeks on the album chart.

"America" is a short story by Orson Scott Card. It appears in his short story collection The Folk of the Fringe. Card originally published this story in the January 1987 issue of Asimov's Science Fiction magazine.

America is a short-form name for the United States of America.

America or América may also refer to:

"America" is a song by Prince and The Revolution. It was the final US single from the group's 1985 album, Around the World in a Day and is a sardonic attack on the mid-1980s United States, referencing Communism, and worrying about nuclear war, a common theme in Prince's lyrics in the 1980s. The song begins with the sound of a record starting and stopping, as if being cued by a DJ. This leads into a guitar solo and a rising flute line. The main tune is standard rock and roll and fades out at 3:40. The 12-inch single extended version is notable for being over 21 minutes long and including various instrumental solos. The song fades just before the audio tape ran out, as Prince and the Revolution had jammed the song out until there was no more room on the tape. The video for this song was shown on MTV during an entire segment dedicated to the single. Prince refused to speak during the interview, and, thus, bandmates spoke for him.

The B-side of the track is "Girl", a light pop number that speaks of Prince's lust for a woman. Featuring a minimal drum loop and sparse synthesizer lines, Prince's lust is in such force that he declares, "All I have to do is think about you, and I can have an orgasm," as he invites her to both feel how sweaty his hands have gotten from their meeting, and let him be "the water in your bath". The full-length version from the 12-inch single features backmasking of Vanity reciting the lyrics with the word "boy" replacing the word "girl".

America is a young adult novel written by E.R. Frank. It tells the story of America, a fifteen-year-old biracial boy who had gotten lost in the system.

The author of the book, E.R. Frank, is herself a social worker. In an author's note at the end of the book, she says she has worked with many Americas over the years.

The book was made into a 2009 TV movie on the Lifetime Television network, starring Philip Johnson as America and Rosie O'Donnell as his therapist. Although Dr. B is a female in the movie, Dr. B is portrayed as a male in the novel. __TOC__

'America' is a song by English indie rock band Razorlight, and is the fourth track to their self-titled second studio album, Razorlight (2006). It was written by Johnny Borrell and Andy Burrows (credited to Borrell, Burrows, and Razorlight) and was also released as the second single from that album in October 2006.

The song garnered a negative reception from critics for its attempt at both political commentary and transatlantic crossover appeal. "America" became the band's first and only number-one single in the United Kingdom and was the country's 17th best selling single of that year. The song also peaked within the top 10 in Ireland, the Netherlands and New Zealand, and within the top 40 in Austria, Belgium, France, Switzerland and Germany.

America was a channel on the XM Satellite Radio network 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 merger on November 12, 2008, replaced by Sirius's similar The Roadhouse.

XM's advertising described the channel this way: "We've dimmed the lights, thrown some sawdust on the floor, and brought the honky tonk back to life. Waylon, Willie, Dolly and the whole gang are on hand. The true sound of Country is alive and well....this is America."

Hosts included Dan Dixon ( From Detroit, MI WNRZ-FM playing rock music & Toledo Ohio WTOD AM 1560 50's-90's Country & K-100 WKKO New Country ), Ray Knight and John Welch.

America is an American lifestyle and variety talk show that aired weekday afternoons in syndication during the 1985-86 television season. The program premiered on September 16, 1985 and was initially hosted by Stuart Damon, Sarah Purcell, and McLean Stevenson with Charlie O'Donnell announcing. America was recorded before a live studio audience.

America was a production of Paramount Domestic Television, who also distributed the series.

America is a 2009 Lifetime Television film starring Rosie O'Donnell, Ruby Dee and Philip Johnson. It was directed by Yves Simoneau and written by Joyce Eliason. The film is based on the young adult novel America by E.R. Frank.

“America” is a song from the musical West Side Story.  Stephen Sondheim wrote the lyrics and Leonard Bernstein composed the music.

America is an album by American folk musician John Fahey, released in 1971. Originally intended to be a double album, it was released as a single LP. The unreleased material was subsequently restored in later CD and vinyl reissues.

"America (I Love America)" is a song by Full Intention. The song contains a sample of Patrick Juvet's 1978 hit " I Love America" and was included in Anthems II 1991-2009, a composition by Ministry of Sound. On the U.S. dance chart, it spent two weeks at number one and a total of fourteen weeks on the chart in 1996.

America is a 1924 silent historical war romance film. It describes the heroic story of the events during the American Revolutionary War, in which filmmaker D. W. Griffith created a film adaptation of Robert W. Chambers’ novel The Reckoning. The plot mainly centers itself on the battles of the New York State, with romance sliced into the individual movie scenes.

America is the sixth album by rapper Kurtis Blow, released in 1985 (see 1985 in music). The album includes the song "If I Ruled the World" from the movie Krush Groove, Kurt's biggest hit since " The Breaks" and one of the last of his musical career. The album was the first album Kurtis Blow produced in a new deal with Pollygram Records that gave Kurtis the title, 'Hip Hop's First Millionaire". The album was released in an era when old school hip-hop was being overtaken by a harder sound and attitude, but the album nevertheless spawned Kurt's biggest UK hit single, with "If I Ruled the World", which reached number 24 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1986. This album also includes the first sample loop which revolutionized the music industry.

"America" is Killing Joke's first single from their seventh studio album, Outside the Gate. It was released by E.G. Records on April 4, 1988.

"America" was the first official single by Killing Joke to be produced by members of the band, due to the departure of producer Chris Kimsey.

The song was first released as a 7" single with "Jihad" as the B-side. It was also released as a 12" single in the UK and Germany, featuring "America (The Extended Mix)" as the A-side while the B-side featured "Jihad" and a remix of "America" by Glenn Skinner.

This was the first single by Killing Joke to be released as a CD maxi single, featuring the Glenn Skinner remix of "America", "Jihad (Beyrouth Edit)", "America (The Extended Mix)" and the original 1980 remix of " Change".

America was a Judge Dredd story published in the Judge Dredd Megazine in 1990. Told in flashbacks, the story concerns the character America Jara, her friend Bennett Beeny and their tragic encounters with the Justice Department. As Bennett Beeny grows up to reap the benefits of Mega City One, becoming a famous singer and comedian, America becomes more and more disillusioned. She becomes a democracy activist and later a terrorist. The story is grounded in the conflict between the Democracy movement and Mega City One's fascist police state, and is one of the most political Judge Dredd stories ever told. Writer John Wagner (co-creator of Dredd) has said that America is his favourite Judge Dredd story, and editor David Bishop describes it as "the best Judge Dredd story ever written."

The story also introduced the terrorist group Total War, which became significant in later stories.

America (or A*M*E*R*I*C*A, also known as America: No Peace Beyond the Line in the UK and Germany) is a Wild West-themed real-time strategy video game. It is set during the era after the American civil war. The player can choose to play Native Americans ( Sioux tribe), Mexicans, Outlaws or Settlers. The objective is to settle the western frontier. Each civilization has specific abilities which influence the strategy to be chosen. Multiplayer-gaming (up to 8 players) is supported. As in the similar Age of Empires, workers gather resources to buy military units and new buildings. The game features various scenarios.

America (The Way I See It) is a compilation album by American country music artist Hank Williams, Jr.. It was released by Warner Bros./ Curb Records in October 1990. "Don't Give Us a Reason" was released as a single. The album peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and has been certified Gold by the RIAA.

"America" is a song written by Sammy Johns and recorded by American country music artist Waylon Jennings. It was released in September 1984 as the first new single from the album Waylon's Greatest Hits, Vol. 2. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

America is a 2011 Puerto Rican drama film directed by Sonia Fritz. The film was selected as the Puerto Rican entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but was disqualified because of a rule change.

America is the sixth studio album by American electronic musician Dan Deacon, released August 27, 2012 on Domino Records. The album cover is a photo of Lake Placid.

America is 1976 album by Julio Iglesias. It was released on the Alhambra label. In December 1976 it was No.2 on the Billboard chart in New York.

America is an album by American jazz trumpeter Wadada Leo Smith and drummer Jack DeJohnette which was recorded in 2008 and released on Tzadik Records. It was their first duo recording, a collaboration originally proposed to ECM in 1979 and rejected.

"America" is the second studio-release single from American artist Deuce and is a politically themed song with a stronger metal influence than some of Deuce's other music. It was released on January 10, 2012, a week earlier than originally planned due to a leak of the full music video in late December 2011. The song is the third track on Deuce's debut album titled Nine Lives. As of April 2012, "America" had sold 36,000 copies, making it the most commercially successful single of the album. This single, along with "Let's Get It Crackin'", was featured as part of a fan-based remix contest held by Deuce and Five Seven Music titled " Deuce REMIXXXED"

On July 3, 2012 a single was released for Independence Day which was called the "America(n) Pride", which contained "America", two remixes, and the music video on iTunes.

"America" is an American political advertisement released by the 2016 presidential campaign of Bernie Sanders. It premiered on January 21, 2016 via YouTube, and first aired on televisions in Iowa and New Hampshire shortly before the Democratic Iowa caucus and New Hampshire primary. On April 7, 2016, another version of the ad for New York was premiered on YouTube and is aired on television stations in New York before the New York State primaries take place, though with some changes.

America is a series of books edited by Nico Perrone, published since 1980 in Piccola Biblioteca Dedalo (Dedalo Libri publishing, Bari, Italy).

The series comprises works in Italian and translations into Italian, many of which are now out of print, by theorists and critics of the American system through authors of economics, culture, political history, and diplomacy of the United States of America. The purpose is to give space to different points of view in a debate avoiding prefixed positions.

Published books in the series to date include:

• Richard T. Drinnon, Richard C. Edwards, David Green, Paul Mattick, Nico Perrone, Howard Zinn, Due secoli di capitalismo USA, Bari, 1980 CL 22-3737-7
• Friedrich Schönemann, L'imperialismo americano oggi. [1943], edited by Tina Achilli, Bari, 1980 CL 22-3738-5
• Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens], Soliloquio di re Leopoldo. Apologia del suo ruolo in Congo [1905], introduction by Gianni Baget Bozzo, Bari, 1982 ISBN 88-220-3753-7
• Maria Rosaria Stabili, America. Verso una società corporata. La AFL di Gompers, Bari, 1984 ISBN 88-220-3808-8

Books planned for release:

• Thorstein Veblen, Modello soviet. Scritti sul bolscevismo e il capitalismo americano
• Melvin M. Knight, Gli USA a Santo Domingo [1928]
• Eduard Meyer, Nord-America e Germania [1915]''
• Luciano Canfora, Gli studi classici nella cultura americana dell’Ottocento
• Leland H. Jenks, La nostra colonia di Cuba. Studio su una economia zuccheriera [1928]
• Margaret A. Harsh, Banchieri in Bolivia: Studio su un investimento USA all’estero [1928]
• Orlando Martínez Howley, La grande occupazione: La guerra degli USA contro il Messico (1846-1848)
• Marcello Carmagnani, Capitali USA e mercato nazionale cileno (1890-1940)
• Critici Latino-americani dell'imperialismo USA (1920-1945), editor Giovanni Casetta
• Jeremy Brecher, Tim Costello, Gabriel Kolko, editor Nico Perrone, L'altra America

Publication of the series was suspended in 1984.

Category:Books about politics of the United States Category:1980 books