American (word) ("United States person"), which derives from ' ("United States of America"). The Spanish term ' ("North American") is frequently used to refer things and persons from the United States, but this term can also denote people and things from Canada and Mexico. Among Spanish-speakers, North America generally doesn't include Central America or the Caribbean. In other languages, however, there is no possibility for confusion. For example, the Chinese word for "U.S. national" is ' () is derived from a word for the United States, ', where ' is an abbreviation for "Yàměilìjiā" ("America") and ' is "country". The name for
Iroquois, Illinois Iroquois, Illinois Iroquois is a village in Concord Township, Iroquois County, Illinois, United States, along the Iroquois River. As of the 2010 census the population was 154, down from 207 at the 2000 census. Iroquois is located in eastern Iroquois County at 40°49'40" North, 87°35'1" West (40.827880, -87.583591). It sits on the north side of the Iroquois River, a west-flowing tributary of the Kankakee River and part of the Illinois River watershed. U.S. Route 52 passes through the village, leading south to Sheldon and northwest the same distance to Donovan. The Indiana border is to the east via County Highway