America (disambiguation)

America is, in English, usually a short name for the United States of America.

The Americas (North and South America) is rarely but sometimes called "America".

America or América may also mean:

Argentina

• América, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Colombia

• La América, Commune of Medellín, Colombia

Mexico

• América, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• América II, Tamaulipas, Mexico

United States

• America, Illinois, U.S.
• America, Indiana, U.S.
• America, Oklahoma, U.S.

Other

• America, Limburg, Netherlands
• 916 America, an asteroid

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: The Motion Picture, a 2021 American animated film
• 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
• America, a 1986 book by Jean Baudrillard
• America (The Book), a 2006 book by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Groups and labels

• America (band)
• America Records (France), 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" (KBC Band song), 1987
• "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" (West Side Story song), 1957
• "America (My Country, 'Tis of Thee)", a patriotic song of the United States
• "America the Beautiful", a patriotic anthem of the United States
• "America", a song by Tracy Chapman from Where You Live
• "America", a song by Kevin Coyne from Heartburn, 1976
• "America", a song by David Essex from the 1974 album David Essex
• "America", a song by Imagine Dragons from Night Visions
• "America", a song by Jewel from 0304
• "America", a song by London Grammar from their 2021 album Californian Soil
• "America", a 1982 song by Motörhead from Iron Fist
• "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
• "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", a song by Wu-Tang Clan and Killah Priest from America Is Dying Slowly
• "America (Never Been)", a song by Car Seat Headrest from How to Leave Town

Radio and television stations

• America (XM), a satellite radio channel
• América 2, an Argentine television station
• America One, an American over-the-air television network
• América Paraguay, a Paraguayan television network
• América Televisión, 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
• The Americas (TV series), an NBC nature documentary series

Other uses in arts, entertainment, and media

• America (magazine), a magazine published by the Jesuits
• 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 Chedister (1895–1975), American actress
• America Waldo Bogle (1844–1903), American pioneer
• America McCutchen Drennan (1830–1903), American educator and missionary
• America Ferrera (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 (born 1984), American actress
• America Vera Zavala (born 1976), Swedish politician

Fictional characters

• America, a character in the 2023 American romantic comedy drama movie Beautiful Disaster
• 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, 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")
• America (beetle), a genus of insects in the family Disteniidae
• American (word)
• Americas (terminology)
• Naming of the Americas

Related pages

• Air America (disambiguation)
• American (disambiguation)
• Americana (disambiguation)
• Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512), for whom the Americas were named
• Amerika (disambiguation)
• Amerrique Mountains
• Amreeka, a 2009 film
• Umrika, a 2015 Indian film by Prashant Nair
• Captain America (disambiguation)
• Pan-American (disambiguation)
• The American (disambiguation)
• The Americans (disambiguation)
• Armorica
• All pages beginning with America