noun
1. a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama (Freq. 4)
• Members of this Region: ↑Plantation, ↑continental divide, ↑Latin America, ↑canyon, ↑canon, ↑plainsman
• Instance Hypernyms: ↑continent
• Part Holonyms:
• Member Meronyms: ↑North American
• Part Meronyms:
↑North American country, ↑North American nation, ↑Mesoamerica, ↑Central America, ↑Canada, ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Coast Range, ↑Coast Mountains, ↑Great Plains, ↑Great Plains of North America, ↑Rockies, ↑Rocky Mountains
2. the nations of the North American continent collectively
• Hypernyms: ↑collection, ↑aggregation, ↑accumulation, ↑assemblage
• Member Meronyms: ↑American
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the continent consisting of Canada, the United States, Mexico, the countries of Central America and Greenland
Useful english dictionary. 2012.