Where did America get the name America

Question

This is a good question to ask about the other countries of the world, but i might as well ask it for the country i live in. Where did America get the name america?

Answer 1

America is named after Amerigo Vespucci, the Italian explorer who set forth the then revolutionary concept that the lands that Christopher Columbus sailed to in 1492 were part of a separate continent. A map created in 1507 by Martin Waldseemüller was the first to depict this new continent with the name "America," a Latinized version of "Amerigo."

Answer 2

America got its name by Amergio he suggeted to name it after him but instead America