Bắc Mĩ

Vietnamese

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Bắc Mĩ

Grơn-len

A-lát-xca

Ca-na-đa

Quê-béc

Hoa Kì

Mê-hi-cô

Ca-ri-bê

Cu-ba

Thái Bình
Dương

Đại
Tây Dương

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Alternative forms

• Bắc Mỹ

Etymology

Sino-Vietnamese word from 北美.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˧˦ mi˦ˀ˥]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˧˥ mɪj˧˨]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɓak̚˦˥ mɪj˨˩˦]

Proper noun

Bắc Mĩ

1. North America, which consists of Canada, the United States and Mexico

Usage notes

• Textbooks usually make a clear distiction between Bắc Mĩ and Trung Mĩ (“Central America”). Using Bắc Mĩ to additionally refer to Central America is usually found in translation of English contexts.

See also

• Trung Mĩ (“Central America”)
• Nam Mĩ (“South America”)
• châu Mĩ (“the Americas”)
• lục địa Bắc Mĩ (“North America”) (additionally consisting of Central America)