[SoCal Pubbie]

We call our country the United States. They call it los Estados Unidos. That’s how different languages work-differently.

[Gideon300]

We call our country the United States. They call it los Estados Unidos. That’s how different languages work-differently.
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True, but they also call Mexico “Estados Unidos”.

Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.

They call the US “Los Estados Unidos de América” for differentiation, or simply EEUU.

[fishtank]

“We call our country the United States. They call it los Estados Unidos.”

We call our country America. They call it los Estados Unidos.