North America

North America

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔː(ɹ)θ əˈmɛɹɪkə/

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Proper noun

North America

1. The continent that is the northern part of the Americas; that part east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, north of South America and south of the Arctic Ocean.
   • 1991 May 12, "Kidnapped!" Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
     B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
     Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.

2. (US, Canada) Canada and the United States as a unit to the exclusion of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean nations, and Greenland; roughly equivalent to Northern America. Often used to describe things in a context that includes only the US and Canada.

Synonyms

• India Nova
• Turtle Island

Derived terms

• North American

Translations

continent

Afrikaans: Noord-Amerika Albanian: Amerikë Veriore f, Amerika Veriore f (definite) Amharic: ስሜን አሜሪካ (səmen ʾämerika) Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا الشَّمَالِيَّة‎ (ar) f (ʾamrīkā š-šamāliyya) Armenian: Հյուսիսային Ամերիկա (Hyusisayin Amerika) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܪܒܵܝ ܐܵܡܵܝܪܟܵܐ‎ f (Gārbāy Amayrka) Azerbaijani: Şimali Amerika (az) Belarusian: Паўно́чная Аме́рыка f (Paŭnóčnaja Amjéryka) Bengali: উত্তর আমেরিকা (bn) (uttôr amerika) Bulgarian: Се́верна Аме́рика f (Séverna Amérika) Burmese: မြောက်အမေရိက (mrauk-a.meri.ka.) Catalan: Amèrica del Nord (ca) f Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (tsuyvtlv amayetli) Chinese: Mandarin: 北美 (zh) (Běi Měi), 北美洲 (zh) (Běi Měizhōu) Corsican: America di u Nordu f, America settentriunale f Czech: Severní Amerika (cs) f Danish: Nordamerika (da) n Dutch: Noord-Amerika (nl) n Esperanto: Nordameriko (eo) Estonian: Põhja-Ameerika (et) Faroese: Norðuramerika f or n Finnish: Pohjois-Amerikka (fi) French: Amérique du Nord (fr) f Galician: América do Norte (gl) Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ამერიკა (črdiloeti ameriḳa), ჩრდილო ამერიკა (črdilo ameriḳa) German: Nordamerika (de) n Greek: Βόρεια Αμερική (el) f (Vóreia Amerikí) Haitian Creole: Amerik dinò Haryanvi: ओ॔टऱ्यामरेख्या (o॔ṭaṛyāmrekhyā) Hawaiian: ʻAmelika ʻĀkau Hebrew: אָמֶרִיקָה הַצְּפוֹנִית‎ (he) f (amérika ha-ts'fonít), צְפוֹן אָמֶרִיקָה‎ f (ts'fon amérika) Hindi: उत्तर अमेरिका (hi) m (uttar amerikā), उत्तर अमरीका m (uttar amrīkā) Hungarian: Észak-Amerika (hu) Icelandic: Norður-Ameríka (is) f Ido: Nord-Amerika (io) Irish: Meiriceá Thuaidh m Italian: America del Nord (it) f Japanese: 北アメリカ (ja) (Kita Amerika), 北米 (ja) (ほくべい, Hokubei) Kazakh: Солтүстік Америка (kk) (Soltüstık Amerika) Khmer: អាមេរិកខាងជើង (ʼaameirɨk khaang cəəng) Korean: 북미(北美) (Bungmi), 북아메리카 (ko) (Bugamerika) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: Amerîkaya Bakur (ku) Kyrgyz: Түндүк Америка (ky) (Tündük Amerika) Lakota: Khéya Wíta Lao: ອາເມລິກາເໜືອ (lo) (ʼā mē li kā nư̄a) Latvian: Ziemeļamerika f Lithuanian: Šiaurės Amerika (lt) f Macedonian: Северна Америка f (Severna Amerika) Malay: Amerika Utara (ms) Mongolian: Cyrillic: Хойд Америк (Xojd Amerik) Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kéyah dah siʼánígíí Norman: Améthique du Nord f (Jersey) Norwegian: Bokmål: Nord-Amerika (no) n Occitan: America del Nòrd (oc) f Pashto: شمالی امریکا‎ f (šamāli amrikā) Persian: آمریکای شمالی‎ (âmrikâ-ye šomâli) Polish: Ameryka Północna (pl) f Portuguese: América do Norte (pt) f Romanian: America de Nord (ro) f Russian: Се́верная Аме́рика (ru) f (Sévernaja Amérika) Sanskrit: उत्तरीयामरेखिका (uttarīyāmarekhikā) Scottish Gaelic: Aimeireaga-a-Tuath f Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: Се̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f, Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f Roman: Sȅvērnā Amèrika f, Sjȅvērnā Amèrika (sh) f Sinhalese: උතුරු ඇමෙරිකාව (uturu æmerikāwa) Slovak: Severná Amerika (sk) f Slovene: Severna Amerika f Sotho: Amerika Leboya Spanish: América del Norte (es) f, Norteamérica (es) Swahili: Amerika ya Kaskazini Swedish: Nordamerika (sv) n Tajik: Амрикои Шимолӣ (tg) (Amrikoyi Šimolī) Tatar: Төньяк Америка (Tön’yak Amerika) Telugu: ఉత్తర అమెరికా (te) (uttara amerikā) Thai: อเมริกาเหนือ (à-mee-rí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa) Turkish: Kuzey Amerika (tr) Turkmen: Demirgazyk Amerika Ukrainian: Півні́чна Аме́рика f (Pivníčna Améryka) Urdu: شمالی امریکہ‎ m (śumālī amrīkā) Uyghur: شىمالىي ئامېرىكا‎ (shimaliy amërika) Uzbek: Shimoliy Amerika (uz) Vietnamese: Bắc Mỹ (vi) 北美) Volapük: Nolüda-Merop (vo) Welsh: Gogledd America (cy) West Frisian: Noard-Amearika n, Noard-Amerika n

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, America (North America, South America), Antarctica, Asia, Europe, Oceania ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Canada, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Haiti, Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States
• (territories of North America) territory of North America; Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, France Clipperton Island, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Maarten, United States Navassa Island, United States Serranilla Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands
• Latin America

Further reading

• North America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia