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| Nov 16, 2010 at 18:46 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | there's nothing to stop you calling Canada (or indeed any other country) anything you like. However, Canada's official name is simply "Canada", so referring to it in some other way may cause confusion. :-) | |
| Nov 16, 2010 at 18:14 | comment | added | stevendesu | There are plenty of other countries which use similiarly ambiguous terms in their country name, however. The "Union of Soviet Socialists Republic" There are plenty of socialist republics. What is to stop us from calling Canada the "Union of American Socialists Republic"? There's also the "Central African Republic", "Democratic Republic of the Congo", "Federated States of Micronesia", "United Arab Emirates", "United Kingdom",... | |
| Nov 16, 2010 at 15:55 | comment | added | Steve Melnikoff | While it's true that there are plenty of countries which have a federal structure like the USA, a key difference is that most don't use the words "united states" in their official name. Hence there is little ambiguity in using that term to refer to the USA (though as mentioned in the question, you could in theory be referring to Mexico). | |
| Nov 16, 2010 at 15:33 | history | answered | stevendesu | CC BY-SA 2.5 |