America
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America usually means either:
- The Americas, the lands and regions of the Western hemisphere
- The United States of America, a country mostly in North America[1][2]
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America may also refer to:
[edit] Arts and entertainment
- America (band), an English-American rock band
- America (XM), XM Satellite Radio channel 10
- América 2, an Argentinian television station
- America: From Freedom to Fascism, 2006 documentary
- América (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela
- América Football Club (disambiguation), name of a number of football (soccer) clubs in Latin America.
[edit] Albums
- America (album), an album by the band America
- America (Havalina album), an album by the band Havalina
[edit] Songs
- "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (often known as "America"), patriotic song of the United States
- "America" (Paul Simon song), a song by Simon and Garfunkel
- "America" (Prince song), a song by Prince
- "America" (Neil Diamond song), a song by Neil Diamond
- "America" (West Side Story song), a song from West Side Story by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
- "America" (Razorlight song), the second single by Razorlight on their self-titled album
- "America - The EP", an extended play by Rebecca St. James, on which she sings the song "America"
- "America, Fuck Yeah", the satirical theme song of the 2004 film Team America: World Police
[edit] Print
- America (2002 novel), a young adult novel by E. R. Frank
- America (The Book), a book written by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- "America" (poem), a poem by Allen Ginsberg
- America (magazine), a weekly Roman Catholic magazine
- "America" (Judge Dredd story), a Judge Dredd story by John Wagner
[edit] Ships
- America (yacht), a racing yacht that won the first ever America's Cup in 1851
- USS America, the name of three United States Navy ships
- SS America (1940), a passenger liner owned by United States Lines
[edit] Sports
- América Football Club, name of a number of association football clubs in Latin America.
[edit] Other vehicles
- America, the callsign of the Apollo 17 Command/Service Module
- America (airplane), a multi-engine airplane used by Richard E. Byrd and his crew on a 1927 transatlantic flight
- America (airship), an airship flown in 1907 and 1909 attempts to reach the North Pole, and a 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic
- America (automobile), an automobile produced in Barcelona, Spain
- America (1911 New York automobile), an early American automobile
[edit] People with the given name America
- America Ferrera, an American actress
[edit] references
- ^ Random House Unabridged Dictionary. Random House, Inc.. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company. Retrieved on 2008-06-11.