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Desirable USA name-change

This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be "Central North America", or "Cenora" (pr. "sennra" or "sinnora") for short. This would be an accurate description of its location.
The current name is unsatisfactory: all nations consist of provinces or states which are, by definition, "united"; and America refers nominally to the entire Americas (North, South and Central), not to just one part.

Ergo, "Cenora" makes more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... would be an accurate description of its location. The current name is unsatisfactory: all nations consist of provinces or states[/nq] Nice try, but no they don't.

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  • [nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ...
  • would be an accurate description of its location.
  • The current name is unsatisfactory: all nations consist of provinces or states[/nq] Nice try, but no they don't.
  • Cheers, Harvey Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... would be an accurate description of its location. The current name is unsatisfactory: all nations consist of provinces or states[/nq]
Nice try, but no they don't.

Cheers, Harvey
Canadian and British English, indiscriminately mixed
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be "Central North America", or "Cenora" (pr. "sennra" or "sinnora") for short. This would be an accurate description of its location.[/nq]
I think it should be called "Coruscic".

Mike.

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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... Ergo, "Cenora" makes more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.[/nq]
Let me know. You must be mike3 under another name. Right? I mean, you both have some obsession with renaming already-recognized geographical features.
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... Ergo, "Cenora" makes more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.[/nq]
The name's too close to "Sonora." (Check a map of Mexico.)

Try again.

Maria
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... "Cenora" makes more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans. RFC[/nq]
So Central North America is an accurate description of the location of Hawaii and Alaska, is it?
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be ... Ergo, "Cenora" makes more sense than "America" or the "USA". People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.[/nq]
And if you're from Sonora, California, it might be a little confusing.

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[nq:2]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the ... People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.[/nq]
[nq:1]And if you're from Sonora, California, it might be a little confusing. Posted via a free Usenet account fromhttp://www.teranews.com[/nq]
Especially if you were a snorer.
DC, shuffling up to Buffa
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[nq:2]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the ... People who live there would be called Cenoras or Cenorans.[/nq]
[nq:1]The name's too close to "Sonora." (Check a map of Mexico.)[/nq]
Hah, there's a Sonora not too far from where I live. I've stayed overnight there (on a skiing trip).

Skitt
Living in The Heart of the Bay
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But the adjective that the Spanish speakers in the Americas use for the USA is "estadounidense," which means that the designation United States is no problem to them, so there is no reason for it to be a problem for anybody else, either.
So, the matter is closed.
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[nq:1]This may be a wild and crazy idea, but the correct name for the "USA" or "America" should surely be "Central North America", or "Cenora" (pr. "sennra" or "sinnora") for short. This would be an accurate description of its location.[/nq]
You have misunderstood. Proper names belong to people or nations in a unique way more than they "belong" to a language as a whole.
You may be right th
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