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Noun: North America  north-u'me-ri-ku
  1. A continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
     
  2. The nations of the North American continent collectively

Type of: accumulation, aggregation, assemblage, collection, continent

Part of: America, Northern Hemisphere, occident, West, western hemisphere, Western world

Encyclopedia: North America