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How many genocided peoples called it America before the colonizers started killing them?
I mean… Japan isn’t called Japan in Japanese either. Unfortunately we don’t speak Mayan, or Incan, or Cherokee, or etc.…
I'm fairly certain they wouldn't collectively name it after a random ass Italian dude.
My point was that it’s the only word we have in English.