Phrase guide

North America

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˌnɔː(ɹ)θ əˈmɛɹɪkə/
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  • rhymes with -ɛɹɪkə

1

name

Meaning 1

The continent forming 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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: India Nova, Turtle Island

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

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 objects in a context that includes only the US and Canada.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

the nations of the North American continent collectively

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage

4

noun

Meaning 4

a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: continent

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

138 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Abkhaz: Аҩадатәи Америка (Ajwadatwʼi Amerikʼa) — continent
  • Afrikaans: Noord-Amerika — continent
  • Albanian: Amerikë Veriore — continent
  • Albanian: Amerika Veriore — continent
  • Amharic: ስሜን አሜሪካ (səmen ʾämerika) — continent
  • Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔamrīkā š-šamāliyya) — continent
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ (garbē āmērīkā) — continent
  • Armenian: Հյուսիսային Ամերիկա (Hyusisayin Amerika) — continent
  • Assamese: উত্তৰ আমেৰিকা (uttor amerika) — continent
  • Azerbaijani: Şimali Amerika — continent
  • Bashkir: Төньяҡ Америка (Tönʹyaq Amerika) — continent
  • Belarusian: Паўно́чная Аме́рыка (Pawnóčnaja Amjéryka) — continent
  • Bengali: উত্তর আমেরিকা (uttor amerika) — continent
  • Bulgarian: Се́верна Аме́рика (Séverna Amérika) — continent
  • Burmese: မြောက်အမေရိက (mrauk-a.meri.ka.) — continent
  • Buryat: Хойто Америкэ (Xojto Amjerike) — continent
  • Carpathian Rusyn: Се́верна Аме́рика (Séverna Améryka) — continent
  • Catalan: Amèrica del Nord — continent
  • Chechen: Къилбаседа Америка (Qʼilbaseda Amerika) — continent
  • Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (tsuyvtlv amayetli) — continent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北美 (bak1 mei5) — continent
  • Chinese Cantonese: 北美洲 (bak1 mei5 zau1) — continent
  • Chinese: 北美 (zh-min-nan) — continent
  • Chinese: 北美洲 (zh-min-nan) — continent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北美 (Běiměi) — continent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北美洲 (Běiměizhōu) — continent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 北亞美利加 /北亚美利加 (Běi yàměilìjiā) — continent
  • Chuvash: Ҫурҫӗр Америка (Śurś̬ĕr Amerik̬a) — continent
  • West Circassian: Ишъхъэрэ Америкэ (Jiŝꭓɛrɛ Amerikɛ) — continent
  • Corsican: America di u Nordu — continent
  • Corsican: America settentriunale — continent
  • Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Amerika — continent
  • Czech: Severní Amerika — continent
  • Danish: Nordamerika — continent
  • Dutch: Noord-Amerika — continent
  • Esperanto: Nordameriko — continent
  • Estonian: Põhja-Ameerika — continent
  • Faroese: Norðuramerika — continent
  • Finnish: Pohjois-Amerikka — continent
  • French: Amérique du Nord — continent
  • West-Frisian: Noard-Amearika — continent
  • West-Frisian: Noard-Amerika — continent
  • Galician: América do Norte — continent
  • Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ამერიკა (črdiloeti ameriḳa) — continent
  • Georgian: ჩრდილო ამერიკა (črdilo ameriḳa) — continent
  • German: Nordamerika — continent
  • Greek: Βόρεια Αμερική (Vóreia Amerikí) — continent
  • Gujarati: ઉત્તર અમેરિકા (uttar amerikā) — continent
  • Haitian Creole: Amerik dinò — continent
  • Haryanvi: ओ॔टऱ्यामरेख्या — continent
  • Hawaiian: ʻAmelika ʻĀkau — continent
  • Hebrew: אָמֶרִיקָה הַצְּפוֹנִית (amérika ha-ts'fonít) — continent
  • Hebrew: צְפוֹן אָמֶרִיקָה (ts'fon amérika) — continent
  • Hindi: उत्तर अमेरिका (uttar amerikā) — continent
  • Hindi: उत्तर अमरीका (uttar amrīkā) — continent
  • Hungarian: Észak-Amerika — continent
  • Icelandic: Norður-Ameríka — continent
  • Ido: Nord-Amerika — continent
  • Indonesian: Amerika Utara — continent
  • Irish: Meiriceá Thuaidh — continent
  • Italian: America del Nord — continent
  • Japanese: 北アメリカ (Kita Amerika) — continent
  • Japanese: 北米 (Hokubei) — continent
  • Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೇರಿಕ (uttara amērika) — continent
  • Kashubian: Nordowô Amerika — continent
  • Kazakh: Солтүстік Америка (Soltüstık Amerika) — continent
  • Khmer: អាមេរិកខាងជើង (ʼaameirɨk khaang cəəng) — continent
  • Korean: 북미 (Bungmi) — continent
  • Korean: 북아메리카 (Bugamerika) — continent
  • Northern Kurdish: Amerîkaya Bakur — continent
  • Kyrgyz: Түндүк Америка (Tündük Amerika) — continent
  • Lakota: Khéya Wíta — continent
  • Lao: ອາເມລິກາເຫນືອ (ʼā mē li kā nư̄a) — continent
  • Latin: Amerī̆ca Septentriōnālis — continent
  • Latvian: Ziemeļamerika — continent
  • Lithuanian: Šiaurės Amerika — continent
  • Macedonian: Северна Америка — continent
  • Malay: Amerika Utara — continent
  • Malayalam: വടക്കേ അമേരിക്ക (vaṭakkē amērikka) — continent
  • Maltese: L-Amerika ta’ Fuq — continent
  • Marathi: उत्तर अमेरीका (uttar amerīkā) — continent
  • Mongolian: Хойд Америк (Xojd Amerik) — continent
  • Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ ᠠᠮᠡᠷᠢᠻᠠ (qoyidu amerika) — continent
  • Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kéyah dah siʼánígíí — continent
  • Nepali: उत्तर अमेरिका (uttar amerikā) — continent
  • Norman: Améthique du Nord — continent
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Amerika — continent
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Amerika — continent
  • Occitan: America del Nòrd — continent
  • Odia: ଉତ୍ତର ଆମେରିକା (uttara āmerikā) — continent
  • Northwestern Ojibwa: Mikinaako-minis — continent
  • Ojibwe: Mikinaako-minis — continent
  • Church Slavic: Сѣвєрьна Амєрїка (Sěverĭna Amerika) — continent
  • Ossetian: Цӕгат Америкӕ (Cægat Amerikæ) — continent
  • Pannonian Rusyn: Сиверна Америка (Siverna Amerika) — continent
  • Pashto: شمالی امریکا (šamāli amrikā) — continent
  • Dari: اَمْرِیکَایِ شُمَالِی (amrīkā-yi šumālī) — continent
  • Iranian Persian: آمْریکایِ شُمالی (âmrikâ-ye šomâli) — continent
  • Polish: Ameryka Północna — continent
  • Portuguese: América do Norte — continent
  • Punjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ (uttarī amarīkā) — continent
  • Romanian: America de Nord — continent
  • Russian: Се́верная Аме́рика (Sévernaja Amérika) — continent
  • Sanskrit: उत्तरीयामरेखिका (uttarīyāmarekhikā) — continent
  • Scottish Gaelic: Aimeireaga-a-Tuath — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Се̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sȅvērnā Amèrika — continent
  • Serbo-Croatian: Sjȅvērnā Amèrika — continent
  • Silesian: Půłnocno Amerika — continent
  • Sinhalese: උතුරු ඇමෙරිකාව (uturu æmerikāwa) — continent
  • Slovak: Severná Amerika — continent
  • Slovene: Severna Amerika — continent
  • Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocna Amerika — continent
  • Upper Sorbian: Sewjerna Amerika — continent
  • Sotho: Amerika Leboya — continent
  • Spanish: América del Norte — continent
  • Spanish: Norteamérica — continent
  • Swahili: Amerika ya Kaskazini — continent
  • Swedish: Nordamerika — continent
  • Tagalog: Hilagang Amerika — continent
  • Tajik: Амрикои Шимолӣ (Amriko-yi Šimoli) — continent
  • Tamil: வட அமெரிக்கா (vaṭa amerikkā) — continent
  • Tatar: Төньяк Америка (Tön-yaq Ameriqa) — continent
  • Telugu: ఉత్తర అమెరికా (uttara amerikā) — continent
  • Thai: อเมริกาเหนือ (à-mee-rí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa) — continent
  • Tigrinya: ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ (sämen ʾamerika) — continent
  • Turkish: Kuzey Amerika — continent
  • Turkmen: Demirgazyk Amerika — continent
  • Ukrainian: Півні́чна Аме́рика (Pivníčna Améryka) — continent
  • Urdu: شُمالِی اَمْرِیکَہ (śumālī amrīka) — continent
  • Uyghur: شىمالىي ئامېرىكا (shimaliy amërika) — continent
  • Uzbek: Shimoliy Amerika — continent
  • Vietnamese: Bắc Mỹ 北美) — continent
  • Volapük: Nolüda-Merop — continent
  • Welsh: Gogledd America — continent
  • Yakut: Хоту Америка (Qotu Amerika) — continent
  • Yiddish: צפֿון אַמעריקע (tsofn amerike) — continent