America

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America usually means either:

• The Americas
• The United States of America

America may also refer to:

Contents 1 Other place names 2 Arts and entertainment 2.1 Albums 2.2 Songs 2.3 Print 3 Sports 4 Ships 5 Other vehicles 6 People with the given name America 7 See also

Other place names

• América, Buenos Aires Province, a city in Argentina
• America, Netherlands, a village in the Netherlands
• América, Tamaulipas, Mexico
• America (or Ameria), Italy, the home town of Sextus Roscius, who was defended by Marcus Tullius Cicero on a charge of parricide.

Arts and entertainment

• America (band), an English-American rock band
• America (XM), XM Satellite Radio channel 10
• América 2, an Argentine television station
• America: From Freedom to Fascism, a 2006 documentary
• América (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela
• America (film), a 1924 film by D. W. Griffith
• America, a 2009 Lifetime film with Rosie O'Donnell as screenwriter, actor and executive producer

Albums

• America (Modern Talking album), an album by the band Modern Talking
• America (America album), an album by the band America
• America (Havalina album), an album by the band Havalina
• América & En Vivo, an EP by Luis Miguel
• America (Kurtis Blow album), an album by Kurtis Blow
• America (John Fahey album)

Songs

• "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" (often known as "America"), patriotic song of the United States
• "America" (Simon & Garfunkel song), a song by Simon and Garfunkel, also covered by Yes
• "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 (Killing Joke song)
• "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
• "America", a song from the Album Where You Live, by Tracy Chapman
• "América", a song by the Spanish singer José Luis Perales, published 1991 (Columbia/Sony Music)
• "America", a song from the children's album of the same title, written and produced by Bobby Susser
• "America", a song from the album Shaman, by Santana featuring P.O.D.

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

Sports

Names for association football (soccer) teams.

• América de Cali, a football club from Cali, Colombia
• América Football Club (disambiguation), name of a number of association football clubs in Latin America
• América Managua, a football club from Managua, Nicaragua
• Club América, a football club from Mexico City
• Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup") football competition in South America

Ships

• America (yacht), a racing yacht that won the America's Cup in 1851
• French ship America (1788), a Téméraire-class ship of the French Navy
• SS America (1940), a passenger liner owned by United States Lines
• HMS America, six ships of the Royal Navy
• USS America, three ships of the United States Navy

Other vehicles

• America, the callsign of the Apollo 17 Command/Service Module
• America (aircraft), 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

People with the given name America

• America Ferrera, an American actress
• America Olivo, an American actress

See also

• Air America
• Amerika
• American
• Americana (disambiguation)
• Americas (terminology)
• Amerrique Mountains
• All pages beginning with "America"

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