> In English - how do you (politely)  refer to someone who is a citizen
> of the USA since "American" is incorrect?

Dunno for UK, but in my country (Netherlands) there is simply no such
word. You can refer to the USA as "verenigde staten", but "amerikaan" is
ambiguous, either a USA citizen or resident, or someone from the
continent (or from the two continents). I think "amerikaan" means "USA
person" more often than not, but the ambiguity is always present.

Wouter van Ooijen

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