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North America
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English
Pronunciation
en /ˌnɔː(ɹ)θ əˈmɛɹɪkə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-North America.wav Southern England
en ɛɹɪkə 5
Proper noun
North America
en Q49en The <<continent>> forming 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 the <<continent>> forming the northern part of the Americas.
en India Nova Turtle Island
en May 12 1991 Kidnapped! w: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.
en United States 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 objects in a context that includes only the US and Canada.
Derived terms
en British North America French North America North American
Translations
Q49 continent
Abkhaz: ab Аҩадатәи Америка
Afrikaans: af Noord-Amerika
Albanian: sq Amerikë Veriore f, sq Amerika Veriore f definite
Amharic: am ስሜን አሜሪካ
Arabic: ar أَمْرِيكَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f definite
Aramaic:
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܓܲܪܒܹܐ ܐܵܡܹܝܪܝܼܟܵܐ f
Armenian: hy Հյուսիսային Ամերիկա
Assamese: as উত্তৰ আমেৰিকা
Azerbaijani: az Şimali Amerika
Bashkir: ba Төньяҡ Америка
Belarusian: be Паўно́чная Аме́рыка f
Bengali: bn উত্তর আমেরিকা
Bulgarian: bg Се́верна Аме́рика f
Burmese: my မြောက်အမေရိက
Buryat: bua Хойто Америкэ
Carpathian Rusyn: rue Се́верна Аме́рика f
Catalan: ca Amèrica del Nord f
Chechen: ce Къилбаседа Америка
Cherokee: chr ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 北美, yue 北美洲
Hokkien: nan-hbl 北美 Pak-bí, nan-hbl 北美洲 Pak-bí-chiu
Mandarin: cmn 北美, cmn 北美洲, cmn 北亞美利加
Chuvash: cv Ҫурҫӗр Америка
Circassian:
West Circassian: ady Ишъхъэрэ Америкэ
Corsican: co America di u Nordu f, co America settentriunale f
Crimean Tatar: crh Şimaliy Amerika
Czech: cs Severní Amerika f
Danish: da Nordamerika n
Dutch: nl Noord-Amerika n
Esperanto: eo Nordameriko
Estonian: et Põhja-Ameerika
Faroese: fo Norðuramerika f n
Finnish: fi Pohjois-Amerikka
French: fr Amérique du Nord f
Frisian:
West Frisian: fy Noard-Amearika n, fy Noard-Amerika n
Galician: gl América do Norte
Georgian: ka ჩრდილოეთი ამერიკა, ka ჩრდილო ამერიკა
German: de Nordamerika n
Greek: el Βόρεια Αμερική f
Gujarati: gu ઉત્તર અમેરિકા
Haitian Creole: ht Amerik dinò
Haryanvi: bgc ओ॔टऱ्यामरेख्या
Hawaiian: haw ʻAmelika ʻĀkau
Hebrew: he אָמֶרִיקָה הַצְּפוֹנִית f amérika ha-ts'fonít definite, he צְפוֹן אָמֶרִיקָה f ts'fon amérika
Hindi: hi उत्तर अमेरिका m, hi उत्तर अमरीका m
Hungarian: hu Észak-Amerika
Icelandic: is Norður-Ameríka f
Ido: io Nord-Amerika
Indonesian: id Amerika Utara
Irish: ga Meiriceá Thuaidh m
Italian: it America del Nord f
Japanese: ja 北アメリカ Kita Amerika, ja 北米 ほくべい, Hokubei
Kannada: kn ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
Kashubian: csb Nordowô Amerika f
Kazakh: kk Солтүстік Америка
Khmer: km អាមេរិកខាងជើង
Korean: ko ^북미(北美), ko ^북아메리카
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: kmr Amerîkaya Bakur
Kyrgyz: ky Түндүк Америка
Lakota: lkt Khéya Wíta
Lao: lo ອາເມລິກາເໜືອ
Latin: la Amerī̆ca Septentriōnālis f New Latin
Latvian: lv Ziemeļamerika f
Lithuanian: lt Šiaurės Amerika f
Macedonian: mk Северна Америка f
Malay: ms Amerika Utara
Malayalam: ml വടക്കേ അമേരിക്ക
Maltese: mt Amerika ta' Fuq f L-Amerika ta' Fuq definite
Marathi: mr उत्तर अमेरीका
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: mn Хойд Америк
Mongolian script: mn ᠬᠣᠶᠢᠳᠤ ᠠᠮᠡᠷᠢᠻᠠ
Navajo: nv Náhookǫsjí Kéyah dah siʼánígíí
Nepali: ne उत्तर अमेरिका
Norman: nrf Améthique du Nord f Jersey
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Nord-Amerika n
Nynorsk: nn Nord-Amerika n
Occitan: oc America del Nòrd f
Odia: or ଉତ୍ତର ଆମେରିକା
Ojibwa:
Northwestern Ojibwa: ojb Mikinaako-minis in
Ojibwe: oj Mikinaako-minis in
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: cu Сѣвєрьна Амєрїка f modern
Ossetian: os Цӕгат Америкӕ
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk Сиверна Америка f
Pashto: ps شمالی امریکا f šamāli amrikā
Persian:
Dari: prs اَمْرِیکَایِ شُمَالِی
Iranian Persian: fa-ira آمْریکایِ شُمالی
Polish: pl Ameryka Północna f
Portuguese: pt América do Norte f
Punjabi:
Gurmukhi: pa ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ m
Romanian: ro America de Nord f
Russian: ru Се́верная Аме́рика f
Sanskrit: sa उत्तरीयामरेखिका
Scottish Gaelic: gd Aimeireaga-a-Tuath f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Се̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f, sh Сје̏ве̄рна̄ Амѐрика f
Latin: sh Sȅvērnā Amèrika f, sh Sjȅvērnā Amèrika f
Silesian: szl Půłnocno Amerika f
Sinhalese: si උතුරු ඇමෙරිකාව
Slovak: sk Severná Amerika f
Slovene: sl Severna Amerika f
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: dsb Pódpołnocna Amerika f
Upper Sorbian: hsb Sewjerna Amerika f
Sotho: st Amerika Leboya
Spanish: es América del Norte f, es Norteamérica
Swahili: sw Amerika ya Kaskazini
Swedish: sv Nordamerika n
Tagalog: tl Hilagang Amerika
Tajik: tg Амрикои Шимолӣ
Tamil: ta வட அமெரிக்கா
Tatar: tt Төньяк Америка
Telugu: te ఉత్తర అమెరికా
Thai: th อเมริกาเหนือ
Tigrinya: ti ሰሜን ኣሜሪካ
Turkish: tr Kuzey Amerika
Turkmen: tk Demirgazyk Amerika
Ukrainian: uk Півні́чна Аме́рика f
Urdu: ur شُمالِی اَمْرِیکَہ m
Uyghur: ug شىمالىي ئامېرىكا
Uzbek: uz Shimoliy Amerika
Vietnamese: vi Bắc Mỹ vi 北美)
Volapük: vo Nolüda-Merop
Welsh: cy Gogledd America
Yakut: sah Хоту Америка
Yiddish: yi צפֿון אַמעריקע f tsofn amerike
See also
en Latin America
Further reading