I prefer "Yankee" over "Usonian" over "American"

I was born in the USA. Many tongues call me "American": Italian (americano), French (Américain), German (Amerikaner), Dutch (Amerikaan), Afrikaans (Amerikaner), Japanese (アメリカ人, amerika-jin), Filipino (Amerikano), Hebrew (אמריקני), Arabic (أمريكي), Portuguese (americano), Russian (американец), and Hindi (अमरीकी, Amreeki). I grew up in Southern California. Many of my friends were zeroeth-generation immigrants from Mexico. Weren't their parents born in North America, too? As an adult, I lived in Washington State. There I met many fine Canadians, visiting for work, education, and play. Were they not Americans too? We of the United States, in justice to Canadians and Mexicans, have no right to use the title "Americans" when referring to matters pertaining exclusively to ourselves. -- James Duff Law Circa 1903, James Duff Law coined the term "Usonian" for the peoples of the United States of America. Esperanto speakers adopted "usonano" as early as 1905. But why this term "America" has…