Phrase guide

Central American

adj · noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Of or pertaining to Central America

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

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Meaning relationships

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noun

Meaning 2

A native or inhabitant of Central America

Definition sources: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract · Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: North American

Narrower terms: Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian

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adjective

Meaning 3

of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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History

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Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bengali: মধ্য মার্কিনী (môddhô markinī) — relating to Central America
  • Catalan: centreamericà — relating to Central America
  • Dutch: Centraal-Amerikaans — relating to Central America
  • Finnish: keskiamerikkalainen — relating to Central America
  • French: centraméricain — relating to Central America
  • Galician: centroamericano — relating to Central America
  • German: mittelamerikanisch — relating to Central America
  • Hungarian: közép-amerikai — relating to Central America
  • Italian: centramericano — relating to Central America
  • Norwegian Bokmål: mellomamerikansk — relating to Central America
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: mellomamerikansk — relating to Central America
  • Polish: środkowoamerykański — relating to Central America
  • Portuguese: centro-americano — relating to Central America
  • Romanian: central-american — relating to Central America
  • Russian: центральноамерика́нский (centralʹnoamerikánskij) — relating to Central America
  • Serbo-Croatian: средњоамѐричкӣ — relating to Central America
  • Serbo-Croatian: srednjoamèričkī — relating to Central America
  • Spanish: centroamericano — relating to Central America
  • Bengali: মধ্য মার্কিনী (môddhô markinī) — Central American person
  • Dutch: Centraal-Amerikaan — Central American person
  • Galician: centroamericano — Central American person
  • Galician: centroamericana — Central American person
  • German: Mittelamerikaner — Central American person
  • German: Mittelamerikanerin — Central American person
  • Hungarian: közép-amerikai — Central American person
  • Romanian: central-american — Central American person
  • Romanian: central-americancă — Central American person
  • Russian: центральноамерика́нец (centralʹnoamerikánec) — Central American person
  • Spanish: centroamericano — Central American person
  • Spanish: centroamericana — Central American person