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True, but Mexico is in North America, Canada is in North America...
I get your point and I find it annoying that US Americans have ended up taking what should have been a more generic demonym for the Americas too but it is generally the accepted term for those living to our immediate south (at least in English-speaking Canada)
America is in North America, too!