North America

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌnɔː(ɹ)θ əˈmɛɹɪkə/

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə

Proper noun

North America

2. The continent that is 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.
   • 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, in Jeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:

     Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air of North America is notoriously stimulating in this regard, as witness the regrettable behavior of its inhabitants in 1776.
     B. Wooster: Hm? What happened in 1776, Jeeves?
     Jeeves: I prefer not to dwell on it, if it's convenient to you, sir.

3. (US, Canada) 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 things in a context that includes only the US and Canada.

Synonyms

• India Nova
• Turtle Island

Derived terms

• British North America
• North American

Translations

continent

• Abkhaz: Аҩадатәи Америка (Ajʷadatʷʼi Amerikʼa)
• Adyghe: Ишъхъэрэ Америкэ (Jiŝχɛrɛ Amerikɛ)
• Afrikaans: Noord-Amerika
• Albanian: Amerikë Veriore f, Amerika Veriore f (definite)
• Amharic: ስሜን አሜሪካ (səmen ʾämerika)
• Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا الشَّمَالِيَّة (ar) f (ʔamrīkā š-šamāliyya) (definite)
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային Ամերիկա (Hyusisayin Amerika)
• Assamese: উত্তৰ আমেৰিকা (uttor amerika)
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ f (garbē āmērīkā)
• Azerbaijani: Şimali Amerika (az)
• Bashkir: Төньяҡ Америка (Tönʹyaq Amerika)
• Belarusian: Паўно́чная Аме́рыка f (Paŭnóčnaja Amjéryka)
• Bengali: উত্তর আমেরিকা (bn) (uttor amerika)
• Bulgarian: Се́верна Аме́рика f (Séverna Amérika)
• Burmese: မြောက်အမေရိက (mrauk-a.meri.ka.)
• Buryat: Хойто Америкэ (Xojto Amjerike)
• Carpathian Rusyn: Се́верна Аме́рика f (Séverna Améryka)
• Catalan: Amèrica del Nord (ca) f
• Chechen: Къилбаседа Америка (Qʼilbaseda Amerika)
• Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ (tsuyvtlv amayetli)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 北美 (bak¹ mei⁵), 北美洲 (bak¹ mei⁵ zau¹)

  Hokkien: 北美 (zh-min-nan) (Pak-bí), 北美洲 (zh-min-nan) (Pak-bí-chiu)

  Mandarin: 北美 (zh) (Běiměi), 北美洲 (zh) (Běiměizhōu), 北亞美利加／北亚美利加 (Běi yàměilìjiā)

• Chuvash: Ҫурҫӗр Америка (Śurś̬ĕr Amerik̬a)
• Corsican: America di u Nordu f, America settentriunale f
• Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Amerika
• Czech: Severní Amerika (cs) f
• Danish: Nordamerika (da) n
• Dutch: Noord-Amerika (nl) n
• Esperanto: Nordameriko (eo)
• Estonian: Põhja-Ameerika (et)
• Faroese: Norðuramerika f or n
• Finnish: Pohjois-Amerikka (fi)
• French: Amérique du Nord (fr) f
• Galician: América do Norte (gl)
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ამერიკა (črdiloeti ameriḳa), ჩრდილო ამერიკა (črdilo ameriḳa)
• German: Nordamerika (de) n
• Greek: Βόρεια Αμερική (el) f (Vóreia Amerikí)
• Gujarati: ઉત્તર અમેરિકા (uttar amerikā)
• Haitian Creole: Amerik dinò
• Haryanvi: ओ॔टऱ्यामरेख्या
• Hawaiian: ʻAmelika ʻĀkau
• Hebrew: אָמֶרִיקָה הַצְּפוֹנִית (he) f (amérika ha-ts'fonít) (definite), צְפוֹן אָמֶרִיקָה f (ts'fon amérika)
• Hindi: उत्तर अमेरिका (hi) m (uttar amerikā), उत्तर अमरीका m (uttar amrīkā)
• Hungarian: Észak-Amerika (hu)
• Icelandic: Norður-Ameríka (is) f
• Ido: Nord-Amerika (io)
• Indonesian: Amerika Utara (id)
• Irish: Meiriceá Thuaidh m
• Italian: America del Nord (it) f
• Japanese: 北アメリカ (ja) (Kita Amerika), 北米 (ja) (ほくべい, Hokubei)
• Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೇರಿಕ (kn) (uttara amērika)
• Kashubian: Nordowô Amerika f
• Kazakh: Солтүстік Америка (kk) (Soltüstık Amerika)
• Khmer: អាមេរិកខាងជើង (ʼaameirɨk khaang cəəng)
• Korean: 북미(北美) (Bungmi), 북아메리카 (ko) (Bugamerika)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish: Amerîkaya Bakur (ku)

• Kyrgyz: Түндүк Америка (ky) (Tündük Amerika)
• Lakota: Khéya Wíta
• Lao: ອາເມລິກາເໜືອ (lo) (ʼā mē li kā nư̄a)
• Latin: Amerī̆ca Septentriōnālis (la) f (New Latin)
• Latvian: Ziemeļamerika f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės Amerika (lt) f
• Macedonian: Северна Америка f (Severna Amerika)
• Malay: Amerika Utara (ms)
• Malayalam: വടക്കേ അമേരിക്ക (vaṭakkē amērikka)
• Maltese: L-Amerika ta’ Fuq f (definite)
• Marathi: उत्तर अमेरीका (uttar amerīkā)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Хойд Америк (Xojd Amerik)

  Mongolian: ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ
  ᠠᠮᠡᠷᠢᠻᠠ (qoyidu amerika)

• Navajo: Náhookǫsjí Kéyah dah siʼánígíí
• Nepali: उत्तर अमेरिका (uttar amerikā)
• Norman: Améthique du Nord f (Jersey)
• Northwestern Ojibwa: Anishinaabe-gichi-aki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nord-Amerika (no) n

  Nynorsk: Nord-Amerika (nn) n

• Occitan: America del Nòrd (oc) f
• Odia: ଉତ୍ତର ଆମେରିକା (uttara āmerikā)
• Ojibwe: Anishinaabe-gichi-aki
• Old Church Slavonic:

  Cyrillic: Сѣвєрьна Амєрїка f (Sěverĭna Amerika) (modern)

• Ossetian: Цӕгат Америкӕ (Cægat Amerikæ)
• Pashto: شمالی امریکا f (šamāli amrikā)
• Persian:

  Dari: اَمْرِیکَایِ شُمَالِی (amrīkā-yi šumālī)

  Iranian Persian: آمْریکایِ شُمالی (âmrikâ-ye šomâli)

• Polish: Ameryka Północna (pl) f
• Portuguese: América do Norte (pt) f
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ m (uttarī amarīkā)

• Romanian: America de Nord (ro) f
• Russian: Се́верная Аме́рика (ru) f (Sévernaja Amérika)
• Sanskrit: उत्तरीयामरेखिका (uttarīyāmarekhikā)
• Scottish Gaelic: Aimeireaga-a-Tuath f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Се̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f, Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f

  Roman: Sȅvērnā Amèrika f, Sjȅvērnā Amèrika (sh) f

• Silesian: Půłnocno Amerika f
• Sinhalese: උතුරු ඇමෙරිකාව (si) (uturu æmerikāwa)
• Slovak: Severná Amerika (sk) f
• Slovene: Severna Amerika f
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocna Amerika f

  Upper Sorbian: Sewjerna Amerika f

• Sotho: Amerika Leboya
• Spanish: América del Norte (es) f, Norteamérica (es)
• Swahili: Amerika ya Kaskazini
• Swedish: Nordamerika (sv) n
• Tagalog: Hilagang Amerika (tl)
• Tajik: Амрикои Шимолӣ (tg) (Amriko-yi Šimoli)
• Tamil: வட அமெரிக்கா (ta) (vaṭa amerikkā)
• Tatar: Төньяк Америка (Tön’yak Amerika)
• Telugu: ఉత్తర అమెరికా (te) (uttara amerikā)
• Thai: อเมริกาเหนือ (à-mee-rí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Tigrinya: ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ (sämen ʾamerika)
• Turkish: Kuzey Amerika (tr)
• Turkmen: Demirgazyk Amerika
• Ukrainian: Півні́чна Аме́рика (uk) f (Pivníčna Améryka)
• Urdu: شُمالِی اَمْرِیکَہ m (śumālī amrīka)
• Uyghur: شىمالىي ئامېرىكا (shimaliy amërika)
• Uzbek: Shimoliy Amerika (uz)
• Vietnamese: Bắc Mỹ (vi) 北美)
• Volapük: Nolüda-Merop (vo)
• Welsh: Gogledd America (cy)
• West Frisian: Noard-Amearika n, Noard-Amerika n
• Yakut: Хоту Америка (Qotu Amerika)
• Yiddish: צפֿון אַמעריקע f (tsofn amerike)

See also

• (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America, ^{(Category: en:Continents)}
• (countries of North America) country of North America; Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Canada, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago, United States of America
• (territories of North America) territory of North America; Anguilla, Aruba, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curaçao, France Clipperton Island, Greenland, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Montserrat, Puerto Rico, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Martin, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Sint Maarten, United States Navassa Island, United States Serranilla Bank, Turks and Caicos Islands, United States Virgin Islands
• Latin America

Further reading

• North America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia