The word "American" in any language should not be used in the context to refer to a citizen or national of the United States of America.
African Languages — sw: Mmarekani, Wamarekani • yo: Ará àwọn Ìpínlẹ̀ Aṣọ̀kan Amẹ́ríkà • zu: weMelika?
American Languages — ay: Estadounidense? • nah: Tlacetilīllahtohcāyōtēcatl, Tlacetilīllahtohcāyōtēcah • nv: ílį́įgo Wááshindoon Bikéyah biiʼ kééhojitʼíinii
Asian Languages — az: ABŞ amerikalıları • id: Orang Amerika Serikat • ja: 米国人 - Rōmaji: beikokujin • ko: 미국인 - IPA: /mi.ɡuk.in/ • ms: Orang Amerika Syarikat (Latn); ؟؟؟؟؟ امريكا شريكت (Arad) • th: ชาวอเมริกัน? - ISO 11940-1: Chāw xmerikạn • vi: người Hoa Kỳ • zh: 美国人 (Hans); 美國人 (Hant) - Hànyǔ pīnyīn: Měiguórén
Other terms to address U.S. citizens/nationals that are not the best:[edit]
de: US-Amerikaner (♂); US-Amerikanerin (♀) • no: USA-amerikaner
The German terms US-Amerikaner and US-Amerikanerin as well as the Norwegian term USA-amerikaner in my opinion are not good terms to call a U.S. citizen/national in those languages. In both languages the acronyms "US” and "USA” come from the English United States of America, however the right terms in my opinion should be “VS-Amerikaner” and “VS-Amerikanerin” in German and “AFS-amerikaner” in Norwegian. The German equivalent acronym for “US” is “VS” which comes from Vereinigte Staaten while the Norwegian acronym “AFS” comes from Amerikas forente stater. The anglicisms are unecesary.
The Portuguese and Spanish terms norteamericano (norte-americano in Portuguese) and norteamericana (norte-americana in Portuguese) as well as the Catalan terms nord-americà and nord-americana, all meaning North-American, are used in those languages as demonyms for people of the USA, yet it is wrong because it is the demonym for people and things from the continent of North America so in all it should not be use at all in that manner.
The term US-amirikanu of the Quechua language as with the German and Norwegian terms used the English acronym in order to be more specific when referring to citizens or nationals of the United States; I know nothing of how that language works but if a word could be created using the native Quechua name of the United States (Hukllachasqa Amirika Suyukuna) that refers only to U.S. citizens/nationals and not to the American continent, which is called in Quechua Awya Yala but can also be called Amirika which can cause confusion when using the demonym to those not native to Quechua and may cause to them to call U.S. citizens/nationals Americans and vice versa.
I feel that the islands that are called American Samoa should have been named in a similar fashion to the later U.S. Virgin Islands' official name, since the islands belong to the United States of America and not just the Americas. I would like those islands to be renamed in that manner officially someday soon.
Examples (That I find correct) — eo: Usona Samoo, eu: Samoa Estatubatuarra, io: Usana Samoa, is: Bandaríska Samóa, nah: Samoa Tlacetilīllahtohcāyōtēcatl, nan: Bí-kok Samoa, sw: Samoa ya Marekani, vi: Samoa thuộc Hoa Kỳ
Czechia is known as this instead of its official name in Google Maps a very popular map service and the European Union (EU member countries) has also decided to use said name in its listing of members in the English language. The UN for whatever reason hasn't done the same as the EU, neither have FIFA nor the IOC, but I suspect that the last two are free to what they want as sports team are private organizations.
I find it unfair that North Macedonia and so-called eSwatini were changed almost immediately all over the world. Yes, one was via treaty with Greece, but the other was via the word of an absolute monarch! Many claim that Swaziland is just a vestige of colonialism, but it isn't is just a literal translation of the siSwati name for the country, both names mean the the same thing just using the roots of each respective language. The Ivory Coast did the same thing when it told the world to call it by its French name, but in this occasion almost no one follows outside official settings, which "Czech Republic" is supposed continue doing, while everyone else is to call it Czechia just as simple as saying France or Brazil over French Republic and Federarive Republic of Brazil receptively.
Wikipedia must change the article's name from Czech Republic to Czechia as this is a public forum and not a multilateral treaty. This website should take the toponym over the formal one. Or better yet just use the official name of all countries! Why waste our times with just the Czech Republic?
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Czechia is known as this instead of its official name in Google Maps a very popular map service and the European Union (EU member countries) has also decided to use said name in its listing of members in the English language. The UN for whatever reason hasn't done the same as the EU, neither have FIFA nor the IOC, but I suspect that the last two are free to what they want as sports team are private organizations.