America is a continent, not a country

But in my native language pretty much everyone uses the word meaning English to all citizens (and things) of/from the UK. Even the "Battle of Britain" is called "angliai csata" (meaning Battle of England). Distinction is only made (if made at all) for football players, because they play for different national teams. Heck, when Czechoslovakia was still a country, we used to call even the Slovakians as "csehek" (Czechs). Natural languages are not precise or logical in all cases.