Þā '''Geānedan Rīcu American''' is trēoƿiendlicutrēowiendlicu cyneƿīsecynewīse þe mǣste ligþ in [[Norðamerica]]n. Hīe gebyrdaþ norðne [[Cænada]]n and sūðne [[Mexico]]. Hīe habbaþ 50 [[G.R. rīce|rīca]] and āne [[Hwæsingatūn, D.C.|selfstandendum scīre]], and habbaþ sume [[Geānlǣhtra Rīca folde|foldan]] mid syndrigum gradum sibbe. Man spricþ ymbe hīe, in syndrigum fiellum, sƿāswā þā '''Geānedan Rīcan''', '''America'''{{ref|America}}, þā '''U.S.''', þā '''U.S.A.''', þā '''U.S. of A.''', þā '''Rīcu''', oþþe (leōþlīce) '''Columbia'''.
== Namanstǣr ==
In 1507, scōp Þēodisc [[Cartangeweorc|cartanwyrhta]] [[Martin Waldseemüller]] ƿoruldcartanworuldcartan on þǣre þe hē nemde þā land þæs ǷēsternanWēsternan Healftrendles [[Americas|"America"]] æfter Italiscum ārāsiende and cartanƿyrhtancartanwyrhtan [[Amerigo Vespucci]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2007-04-24-america-turns-500_N.htm?csp=34|title=Cartographer Put 'America' on the Map 500 years Ago|work=USA Today|date=2007-04-24|accessdate=2008-11-30}} </ref> Þā ǣrran Bryttiscan landbūend brēac þone gengan naman þæs landes ǣrstan sīðe in þǣre [[United States Declaration of Independence|Meldung Selfdōmes]], þe ƿæswæs sēo "ānmōde Meldung þāra þrīetīene geānedra Rīcu America" underfangen fram þǣm "Speliendum þāra þrīetīene geānedra Rīcu America" on 4 Mǣdmōnþe, 1776.<!--Do not uppercase "united" here: it is unambiguously lowercased in the Declaration--><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/charters/charters.html|title=The Charters of Freedom|publisher=National Archives|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> <!--Se genga nama wæs fullendod on 15 Blōtmōnþe, 1777, hwonne þætwhen the [[Second Continental Congress]] adopted the [[Articles of Confederation]], the first of which states, "The Stile of this Confederacy shall be 'The United States of America.'" The short form ''United States'' is also standard. Ōðre gemǣne naman sind ēac þā ''U.S.'', þā ''USA'', and ''America''. Colloquial names include the ''U.S. of A.'' and ''the States''. ''[[Columbia (name)|Columbia]]'', a once popular name for the United States, was derived from [[Christopher Columbus]]. It appears in the name "[[Washington, D.C.|District of Columbia]]".-->
