> It also means the entire _Continent No, it doesn't.

"North America" is the continent the USA is on, and South America is a neighboring continent. There is no continent called "America" alone.

That depends entirely upon your philosophy Horatio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number

"Continent" isn't remotely as straightforward as many may think and the teaching on what and what isn't a continent (or counted as such) varies globally.

Different models are taught in different countries.

North and South America, together, are called "the Americas", not "America".

"Germany" means "land of the Germans" but last I checked there's also Austria, Luxembourg, Switzerland, and also Prussia to be historically accurate.