North America

Definition: North America

North America

Noun

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

Abbreviations & Acronyms: North America

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
Entry	Source	Expression	Field
NORAD	English	North America Air Defence Command	Law, Politics & International Affaires
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Specialty Definition: North America

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

simple:North America

North America is a continent in the northern hemisphere of Earth, located to the east of the Pacific Ocean, the west of the Atlantic Ocean, the south of the Arctic Ocean, and the north of South America. It is the north part of The Americas.

On the main continent itself can be found three large and relatively populous countries:

Canada
- Some other large islands off the shore of North America and belonging to Canada include Vancouver Island and the Queen Charlotte Islands on the west, Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland and Cape Breton Island on the east, and Ellesmere Island, Baffin Island, and Victoria Island in the north.
Mexico
United States
- includes the Aleutian Islands, Alaska.

At the extreme southern end of the continent, in a relatively small area (smaller than an average Canadian province) called Central America are:

Belize
Costa Rica
El Salvador
Guatemala
Honduras
Nicaragua
Panama

At the extreme southeastern end of the continent, lies a chain of islands territories called the Antilles, the Caribbean or the West Indies. They include:

Anguilla (British dependency)
Antigua and Barbuda
Aruba (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Bahamas
Barbados
British Virgin Islands (British dependency)
Cayman Islands (British dependency)
Cuba
Dominica (Commonwealth of)
Dominican Republic
Grenada
Guadeloupe (overseas department of France)
Haiti
Jamaica
Martinique (overseas department of France)
Montserrat (British dependency)
Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands)
Puerto Rico (U.S. commonwealth)
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Trinidad and Tobago
Turks and Caicos Islands (British dependency)
U.S. Virgin Islands (territory of the USA)

In the Atlantic Ocean:

Bermuda (British dependency)

Greenland, the largest island in the world, is considered to be in North America and is located in the far north, to the east of Canada's Nunavut Territory. It is a self-governing dependency of Denmark.
Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Found off the coast of Canada it is the last of France's once vast North American possessions.

country	pop. dens.	area	population
	(/km²)	(km²)	(2002-07-01 est.)
Bermuda (UK)	1,200	53	63,960
Barbados	642	431	276,607
Puerto Rico (US)	435	9,104	3,957,988
Martinique (Fr.)	384	1,100	422,277
Aruba (Neth.)	365	193	70,441
U.S. Virgin Islands (US)	351	352	123,498
El Salvador	302	21,040	6,353,681
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	299	389	116,394
Saint Lucia	260	616	160,145
Grenada	259	344	89,211
Haiti	255	27,750	7,063,722
Guadeloupe (Fr.)	245	1,780	435,739
Jamaica	244	10,991	2,680,029
Trinidad and Tobago	227	5,128	1,163,724
Netherlands Antilles (Neth.)	223	960	214,258
Dominican Republic	179	48,730	8,721,594
Antigua and Barbuda	152	443	67,448
Saint Kitts and Nevis	148	261	38,736
British Virgin Islands (UK)	139	153	21,272
Cayman Islands (UK)	138	262	36,273
Guatemala	122	108,890	13,314,079
Anguilla (UK)	122	102	12,446
Cuba	101	110,860	11,224,321
Dominica	93	754	70,158
Montserrat (UK)	83	102	8,437
Costa Rica	75	51,100	3,834,934
Honduras	59	112,090	6,560,608
Mexico	52	1,972,550	103,400,165
Turks and Caicos Islands (UK)	44	430	18,738
Nicaragua	39	129,494	5,023,818
Panama	37	78,200	2,882,329
United States	29	9,629,091	280,562,489
Saint Pierre and Miquelon (Fr.)	29	242	6,954
Bahamas	22	13,940	300,529
Belize	11	22,966	262,999
Canada	3.2	9,976,140	31,902,268
Greenland (Denm.)	0.03	2,166,086	56,376

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See also: History of North America

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "North America."

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Crosswords: North America

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Etymologies containing "North America": Chinquapin ♦ Virginia. (references)

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Modern Usage: North America

Domain

Usage

Movie/TV Titles

Rat Life and Diet in North America (1968)

The Climates of North America (1962)

Discoverer of North America Leif Erickson (2000)

Under One Sky: Arab Women in North America Talk About the Hijab (1999)

1995 Miss North America Pageant (1995)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: North America

Domain	Title
References	Consolidated Capital of North America: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) Rodamco North America N.V.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference) The 2000-2005 Outlook for Films and Video in North America & the Caribbean (reference) (more reference examples)

Books	The Armadillo (Wildlife of North America) (reference) Religion and Domestic Violence in Early New England: The Memoirs of Abigail Abbot Bailey (Religion in North America) (reference) Amanita of North America (reference) Taxonomic and Nomenclatural Study of the Genus Amanita Section Amanita for North America (Bibliotheca Mycologica Series: No 57) (reference) The American Alligator (Wildlife in North America) (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Dental Clinics Of North America (reference) Emergency Medicine Clinics Of North America (reference) Endocrinology & Metabolism Clinics Of North America (reference) Gastroenterology Clinics Of North America (reference) Gastrointestinal Endoscopy Clinics Of North America (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Planet Earth: Visions of the Earth from Space - North America (reference) Travel the World By Train: North America (reference) Birds of North America 1-5 (reference) National Geographic's Really Wild Animals: Amazing North America (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music	The New Zealand National Youth Choir 'On Tour' North America 1993 (reference) North America (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

High Tech	Contivity 400 Triple-enet No Internal Modem North America (reference) (more camera examples; more video game examples; more computer examples; more electronic examples; more software examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: North America

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Photo Album: North America

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	View of North America from Apollo 16.Credit: NASA.		Spanning the southern tip of the Florida Peninsula and most of Florida Bay, Everglades National Park is the only subtropical preserve in North America. It is the only place in the world where alligators and crocodiles exist side by side.Credit: NASA.
	North America.Credit: NASA.		Cape Prince of Wales near Station Mound This is the westernmost land on North America.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Bob Pryce operating theodolite at Geographical Center of North America.Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		"Sea Horses found on the Ice on the West Coast of North America." In: "A Collection of Voyages round the World ... Captain Cook's First, Second, Third and Last Voyages ...." Volume V, London, 1790. Page 1856. Call Number G160 .C64 1790 v. 5.Credit: Treasures of the Library.
	An infrared image transmitted from NOAA 2 satellite showing the East Coast of North America from the Gaspe Peninsula to northern Florida. A frontal system is offshore with "cloud streets" extending back to the west. This cold front brought low temperatures to the eastern United States. The image was sensed by the very high resolution radiometer with 1/2 mi. resolution.Credit: NOAA in Space.		GOES image of eastern North America. Hurricane Diana, now a category III storm, churns off the coast of North Carolina. Within a few hours this storm became a Category IV before rapidly weakening. Maximum winds at time of photo were 110 knots.Credit: NOAA in Space.
	La Ventana Arch near Grants, NM is one of the largest natural bridges in North America It is located in the Cebolla Wilderness.Credit: Unknown.		Watercolor by Erik Heyl, 1951, painted for use in his book "Early American Steamers", Volume I. Built as the merchant steamer Union, this ship served as USS Fort Jackson during 1863-1865. After returning to civilian ownership, she was renamed North America.Credit: NAVY.
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Non-Fiction Usage: North America

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		The deer mouse is found almost everywhere in North America. (references)
		The virus is not known to be native to other continents, such as North America. (references)
		Life cycles may vary slightly for other ticks located in different regions of North America. (references)
Business		Norway is a strong niche market and an important source of tourists for North America. (references)
		North America regained its position as South Africa's second most important regional market. (references)
		Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, North America, Latin America), and the total world market. (references)
Economic History	Uruguay	FDI comes from North America, Europe and MERCOSUR roughly by thirds. (references)
	Barbados	Some of the displaced farmers relocated to British colonies in North America. (references)
	Iceland	In addition, airlines schedule flights from Iceland to Europe and North America. (references)
Political Economy	Argentina	At the turn of the 20th century Argentina boasted the seventh largest economy in the world, based primarily on meat and grain exports to Europe and North America. (references)
Trade	Luxembourg	Luxembourg banks generally loan directly to entities in other European countries and to North America. (references)
	Taiwan	For example, to counter its chronic trade deficit with Japan, Taiwan previously excluded Japan and favored North America and Western Europe through regional restrictions in import licensing procedures and in public procurement tenders, although the area import restrictions were abolished on June 1, 1997, to facilitate Taiwan joining the WTO. (references)
Travel	Portugal	Many have relatives in the U.S. and have visited North America. (references)
	Portugal	Porto serves fewer cities directly in the European Union, none in North America, but does serve major cities in Brazil. (references)
	Guinea	Guinea is a francophone country that recently opened up to investors from other regions (including North America and Asia). (references)
Worker Rights	Philippines	In a case involving the attempted smuggling of Chinese nationals to destinations in North America, the authorities arrested 13 persons of various nationalities. (references)
	Philippines	Over the past decade, approximately 150,000 Filipino women reportedly have been trafficked into prostitution in Asia (particularly Japan), Europe, and North America. (references)
	Hungary	Many of the victims of trafficking are brought to the country by organized crime syndicates, either for work as a prostitute in Budapest or for transit to Western Europe or North America. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: North America

Country	Name	Country	Name
Netherlands	Rodamco North America N.V.	USA	Associates Corporation of North America
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expression: North America

Expression using "North America": British North America Act. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: North America

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
north america	1,251	radiological society of north america	11
north america hotel	1,119	country inn north america	9
north america map	832	new holland north america	9
bmw north america	216	north america cremation association	8
bird of north america	175	country of north america	8
bed and breakfast inn of north america	127	flora of north america	7
ferrari north america	103	poisonous snake of north america	7
nissan north america	89	highest mountain in north america	7
mercedes benz north america	53	coverall north america	6
endangered species north america	51	first national bank of north america	6
north america time zone	44	pilkington north america	5
atlas north america	35	mammal of north america	5
lafarge north america	30	illuminating engineering society of north america	5
laborer international union of north america	25	atk north america	5
land rover north america	24	silvics of north america	4
michelin north america	23	wild flower of north america	4
bunge north america	13	wild about animal north america	4
north america free trade agreement	13	steinberg north america	4
outline map of north america	11	country in north america	4
reading recovery council of north america	11	midwife alliance of north america	4
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Modern Translations: North America

Language		Translations for "North America"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Afrikaan		Noord-Amerika. (various references)

Albanian		amerikë veriore. (various references)

Arabic		‏امريكا الشمالية. (various references)

Asturian		América del norte. (various references)

Bulgarian		северна америка. (various references)

Cebuano		Amihanang Amerika. (various references)

Chinese		北美洲 , 北美 . (various references)

Czech		severní amerika. (various references)

Danish		Nordamerika. (various references)

Dutch		Noord-Amerika. (various references)

Esperanto		Nordameriko. (various references)

Faeroese		Norð Amerika. (various references)

French		amérique du nord. (various references)

Frisian		Noard-Amearika. (various references)

German		nordamerika. (various references)

Hungarian		Észak-Amerika, észak amerika. (various references)

Icelandic		Norður-Ameríka. (various references)

Italian		nord america, America del Nord. (various references)

Japanese Kanji		北米 , 北アメリカ . (various references)

Japanese Katakana		きたアメリカ, ほくべい. (various references)

Kongo		America dia zulu. (various references)

Macedonian		Severna Amerika. (various references)

Norwegian		Nord-Amerika. (various references)

Pig Latin		orthnay americaay

Portuguese		virado ao norte. (various references)

Provencal		America del nòrd. (various references)

Russian		северная америка. (various references)

Samoan		Amerika i Matu. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		severna amerika. (various references)

Spanish		Norteamérica. (various references)

Swedish		nordamerika. (various references)

Tagalog		Hilagang Amériká. (various references)

Turkish		kuzey amerika. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: North America

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Sassafras albidum nees. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Anagrams: North America

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-m-n-o-r-r-t"
	-2 letters: catarrhine, crematoria, maceration, machinator, marathoner.
	-3 letters: anchorite, antechoir, antimacho, chromatin, cremation, harmonica, macerator, machinate, manticore, matriarch, tarriance.
	-4 letters: achromat, aeration, anatomic, anchoret, animater, animator, anoretic, anorthic, anterior, anthemia, antihero, armchair, armonica, aromatic, atheroma, carinate, carrotin, chairman, chairmen, chimaera, choreman, chromate, chromite, coinmate, craniate, creation, cremator, earthman, emanator, haematic, haematin, harmonic, inchoate, intercom, macaroni.
	Words containing the letters "a-a-c-e-h-i-m-n-o-r-r-t"
	+3 letters: cinematographer.
	+4 letters: cinematographers.
	+5 letters: aerothermodynamic.
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