They're still (central) Americans. The U.S. doesn't have ownership of American a Guatemalan can refer to themselves as American and not be lying since it's the same as European or African; Do Africans distinguish themselves between sub saharan or saharan when saharan africans tend to lean towards islamic brown instead of the black associated with africa?
Hell most people don't even realize that the correct term is Latino Americano, since latin in European term has a different connotation. Either way this is a semantics conversation and by the downvotes I see some people have never really thought about this and are getting uncomfortable with basic geographical facts and terminology.
Bottom line is this in geographical context everyone from Argentina to Canada is an "American" if they choose to include north, central, caribbean, or south it's up to them. It doesn't mean they can live anywhere in the Americas but a Colombian is an American as much as someone born in Kentucky is an American. Hell I'm pretty sure the continent as named the Americas when the Spanish made land in the caribbean before the U.S. was even a nation.
They're still (central) Americans. The U.S. doesn't have ownership of American a Guatemalan can refer to themselves as American and not be lying since it's the same as European or African; Do Africans distinguish themselves between sub saharan or saharan when saharan africans tend to lean towards islamic brown instead of the black associated with africa?
Hell most people don't even realize that the correct term is Latino Americano, since latin in European term has a different connotation. Either way this is a semantics conversation and by the downvotes I see some people have never really thought about this and are getting uncomfortable with basic geographical facts and terminology.
Bottom line is this in geographical context everyone from Argentina to Canada is an "American" if they choose to include north, central, caribbean, or south it's up to them. It doesn't mean they can live anywhere in the Americas but a Colombian is an American as much as someone born in Kentucky is an American. Hell I'm pretty sure the continent as named the Americas when the Spanish made land in the caribbean before the U.S. was even a nation.