[dp0622]

I know it was named after Amerigo (go Italians!) :)

I wonder how America came about from that name.

And to be honest, I have to read up why it was named after him.

Lots of explorers here at the time.

I have no doubt anymore that there is no question that cannot be answered on this board. :)

[LachlanMinnesota]

If discovered today, no one would be allowed to enter it as it would be declared official green space and subject to UN mandates.

[NYer]

And to be honest, I have to read up why it was named after him.

According to the article:

Honoring Vespucci's findings, Waldseem's map named the new continent "America" after the Latin feminine construction of the explorer's name.

Not sure why FR's software is replacing punctuation with characters but perhaps that is why you missed it.

[Verginius Rufus]

The Latin form of Amerigo is Americus (as in Americus, Georgia). Because the names of Asia, Africa, and Europe (Europa) are feminine in Latin, Waldseemueller used the feminine form of "Americus" for the New World.

When Australia and Antarctica were discovered, they were also given feminine names.

[If You Want It Fixed - Fix It]

Article state America is the latin feminine of Amerigo....man discovers, you name it a woman’s name right...it is his girl!

[Politicalkiddo]

Land is female in general, no? I would assume “America” is the feminine form of “Amerigo”. I could be wrong, though.

[gleeaikin]

There is no need for these questions to be answered by this board, as they are already answered above in the article. By all means read up on what is in front of you.