Editing American (word) (section)

===Spain and Hispanic America===
The use of ''American'' as a national [[demonym]] for U.S. nationals is challenged, primarily by Hispanic Americans.<ref name="Mencken"/> Spanish speakers in Spain and [[Hispanic America]] use the term {{lang|es|estadounidense}} to refer to people and things from the United States (from {{lang|es|Estados Unidos}}), while {{lang|es|americano}} refers to the [[the Americas|continents]] as a whole (from ''América'').<ref name="rae-americano"/><ref name="rae-estadounidense">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Diccionario de la lengua española|title=estadounidense|url=http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=estadounidense|publisher=Real Academia Española|quote=[Translated:] 1. adj. Native of the United States of America|language=es|access-date=October 27, 2013|archive-date=October 29, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029194745/http://lema.rae.es/drae/?val=estadounidense|url-status=live}} [Original:] "1. adj. Natural de los Estados Unidos de América."</ref> The term {{lang|es|gringo}} is also accepted in many parts of Hispanic America to refer to a person or something from the United States;<ref name="rae-gringo">{{cite encyclopedia|encyclopedia=Diccionario de la lengua española|title=gringo|url=http://dle.rae.es/?id=JY0Q3cz|publisher=Real Academia Española|quote=[Translated:] 3. adj. Bol., Chile, Col., Cuba, Ec., El Salv., Hond., Nic., Par., Peru, Ur. and Ven. Native of the United States of America|language=es|access-date=September 8, 2016|archive-date=October 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004204832/http://dle.rae.es/?id=JY0Q3cz|url-status=live}} [Original:] "3. adj. Bol., Chile, Col., Cuba, Ec., El Salv., Hond., Nic., Par., Perú, Ur. y Ven. estadounidense."</ref> however, this term may be ambiguous in certain parts. Up to and including the 1992 edition, the {{lang|es|Diccionario de la lengua española}}, published by the [[Real Academia Española]], did not include the United States definition in the entry for {{lang|es|americano}}; this was added in the 2001 edition.<ref name="rae-americano"/>{{efn|name=rae-americano-note}}<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|publisher=Real Academia Española |encyclopedia=Diccionario usual |year=1992 |edition=21st |page=89 |title=americano |url=http://buscon.rae.es/ntlle/SrvltGUILoginNtlle |language=es |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060501220632/http://buscon.rae.es/ntlle/SrvltGUILoginNtlle |archive-date=2006-05-01 }} To access, click the magnifying glass in the upper left-hand corner. In the field titled "Lema", type "americano"; for the "Resultados" radio buttons, select "Diccionario"; in the field in the selection field for "Diccionarios", make sure that "1992 Academica Usual" is selected. Then click "Buscar".</ref> The Real Academia Española advised against using {{lang|es|americanos}} exclusively for U.S. nationals:<ref name="rae-estadosunidos"/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=4EWtRO1VZD6v7sHSpo|title=Estados Unidos|publisher=Real Academia Española|access-date=2015-11-03|archive-date=January 28, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160128110303/http://lema.rae.es/dpd/srv/search?id=4EWtRO1VZD6v7sHSpo|url-status=live}}</ref>
{{blockquote|[Translated] It is common, and thus acceptable, to use {{lang|es|norteamericano}} as a synonym of {{lang|es|estadounidense}}, even though strictly speaking, the term ''norteamericano'' can equally be used to refer to the inhabitants of any country in North America, it normally applies to the inhabitants of the United States. But ''americano'' should not be used to refer exclusively to the inhabitants of the United States, an abusive usage which can be explained by the fact that in the United States, they frequently abbreviate the name of the country to "America" (in English, with no accent).{{efn|name=rae-americano-note|[Untranslated] {{lang|es|Está muy generalizado, y resulta aceptable, el uso de norteamericano como sinónimo de estadounidense, ya que, aunque en rigor el término norteamericano podría usarse igualmente en alusión a los habitantes de cualquiera de los países de América del Norte o Norteamérica, se aplica corrientemente a los habitantes de los Estados Unidos.  Pero debe evitarse el empleo de americano para referirse exclusivamente a los habitantes de los Estados Unidos, uso abusivo que se explica por el hecho de que los estadounidenses utilizan a menudo el nombre abreviado América (en inglés, sin tilde) para referirse a su país.}} }} }}