Well Americans like to call themselves "Americans" even if that technically refers to all of the inhabitants of the American Continent (from North, Central and South America), so...
> Well Americans like to call themselves "Americans" even if that technically refers to all of the inhabitants of the American Continent (from North, Central and South America), so...
Technically, they're overwhelmingly correct, and your definition is in fact the uncommon one. For example, see the primary definition for both adjective and noun usages in the Oxford Dictionary of British & World English (not even US English).
