adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to North America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Phrase guide
North American
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adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to Northern America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, not-comparable
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adj
Meaning 3
Of or relating to the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, nonstandard, not-comparable
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noun
Meaning 4
A person living in or originating from North America.
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noun
Meaning 5
A person living in or originating from Northern America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US
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noun
Meaning 6
A person living in or originating from the United States of America.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: nonstandard
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adjective
Meaning 7
of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of North America or their peoples
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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noun
Meaning 8
a native or inhabitant of North America
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: American
Narrower terms: Bermudan, Bermudian, Canadian, Central American
History
Etymology
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Across languages
Translations
58 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: паўночнаамерыка́нскі (pawnočnaamjerykánski) — relating to North America
- Bulgarian: северноамерика́нски (severnoamerikánski) — relating to North America
- Bulgarian: североамерика́нски (severoamerikánski) — relating to North America
- Catalan: nord-americà — relating to North America
- Czech: severoamerický — relating to North America
- Danish: nordamerikansk — relating to North America
- Dutch: Noord-Amerikaans — relating to North America
- Finnish: pohjoisamerikkalainen — relating to North America
- French: nord-américain — relating to North America
- Galician: norteamericano — relating to North America
- Georgian: ჩრდილოამერიკული (črdiloameriḳuli) — relating to North America
- German: nordamerikanisch — relating to North America
- Hebrew: צפון אמריקני (ts'fón-amerikáni) — relating to North America
- Hebrew: צפון אמריקאי (ts'fón-amerikái) — relating to North America
- Hindi: उत्तर अमरीकी (uttar amrīkī) — relating to North America
- Hungarian: észak-amerikai — relating to North America
- Ido: Nord-Amerikala — relating to North America
- Italian: nordamericano — relating to North America
- Macedonian: северноамерикански (severnoamerikanski) — relating to North America
- Norwegian Bokmål: nordamerikansk — relating to North America
- Norwegian Nynorsk: nordamerikansk — relating to North America
- Polish: północnoamerykański — relating to North America
- Portuguese: norte-americano — relating to North America
- Romanian: nord-american — relating to North America
- Russian: североамерика́нский (severoamerikánskij) — relating to North America
- Serbo-Croatian: северноамѐричкӣ — relating to North America
- Serbo-Croatian: сјеверноамѐричкӣ — relating to North America
- Serbo-Croatian: severnoamèričkī — relating to North America
- Serbo-Croatian: sjevernoamèričkī — relating to North America
- Slovak: severoamerický — relating to North America
- Slovene: severnoameriški — relating to North America
- Spanish: norteamericano — relating to North America
- Swedish: nordamerikansk — relating to North America
- Tamil: வட அமெரிக்க (vaṭa amerikka) — relating to North America
- Ukrainian: північноамерика́нський (pivničnoamerykánsʹkyj) — relating to North America
- Catalan: nord-americà — North American person
- Czech: Severoameričan — North American person
- Dutch: Noord-Amerikaan — North American person
- Dutch: Noord-Amerikaanse — North American person
- Finnish: pohjoisamerikkalainen — North American person
- French: nord-américain — North American person
- Galician: norteamericano — North American person
- Galician: norteamericana — North American person
- Georgian: ჩრდილოამერიკელი (črdiloameriḳeli) — North American person
- German: Nordamerikaner — North American person
- German: Nordamerikanerin — North American person
- Hindi: उत्तर अमरीकी (uttar amrīkī) — North American person
- Hungarian: észak-amerikai — North American person
- Ido: Nord-Amerikano — North American person
- Italian: nordamericano — North American person
- Portuguese: norte-americano — North American person
- Romanian: nord-american — North American person
- Romanian: nord-americancă — North American person
- Russian: североамерика́нец (severoamerikánec) — North American person
- Russian: североамерика́нка (severoamerikánka) — North American person
- Spanish: norteamericano — North American person
- Swedish: nordamerikan — North American person
- Turkish: Kuzey Amerikalı — North American person