North America

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noun

the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Denali, 20,300 feet (6,187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 square miles (24,242,400 square kilometers).

Origin of North America

First recorded in 1680–90

OTHER WORDS FROM North America

North American, adjective, noun

Words nearby North America

north, North Adams, North Africa, North African, Northallerton, North America, North American, North American blastomycosis, North American Free Trade Agreement, North American Plate, Northampton

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Example sentences from the Web for North America

Vide Travels into the interior parts of North-America, chap.
A treatise on the culture of the tobacco plant with the manner in which it is usually cured|Jonathan Carver
Our first ground of complaint against Mr. Trollope's North-America, is its extreme verbosity.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862|Various
It is a native of different parts of North-America, and flowers with us in May.
The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6|William Curtis
The numbers are much smaller than those of North-America but they are said to be more fierce.
Natural History in Anecdote|Various

Natives of North-America contrasted with those upon the coast of Africa.
Zoonomia, Vol. I|Erasmus Darwin

British Dictionary definitions for North America

North America

noun

the third largest continent, linked with South America by the Isthmus of Panama and bordering on the Arctic Ocean, the N Pacific, the N Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. It consists generally of a great mountain system (the Western Cordillera) extending along the entire W coast, actively volcanic in the extreme north and south, with the Great Plains to the east and the Appalachians still further east, separated from the Canadian Shield by an arc of large lakes (Great Bear, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario); reaches its greatest height of 6194 m (20 320 ft) in Mount McKinley, Alaska, and its lowest point of 85 m (280 ft) below sea level in Death Valley, California, and ranges from snowfields, tundra, and taiga in the north to deserts in the southwest and tropical forests in the extreme south. Pop: 332 156 000 (2005 est). Area: over 24 000 000 sq km (9 500 000 sq miles)

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Cultural definitions for North America

North America

Third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa), comprising Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America.

单词	north america
释义	North America SEE SYNONYMS FOR North America ON THESAURUS.COM noun the northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Central America to the Arctic Ocean. Highest point, Denali, 20,300 feet (6,187 meters); lowest, Death Valley, 276 feet (84 meters) below sea level. About 9,360,000 square miles (24,242,400 square kilometers). Origin of North America First recorded in 1680–90 OTHER WORDS FROM North America North American, adjective, noun Words nearby North America north, North Adams, North Africa, North African, Northallerton, North America, North American, North American blastomycosis, North American Free Trade Agreement, North American Plate, Northampton Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for North America Vide Travels into the interior parts of North-America, chap. A treatise on the culture of the tobacco plant with the manner in which it is usually cured\|Jonathan Carver Our first ground of complaint against Mr. Trollope's North-America, is its extreme verbosity. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No 3, September, 1862\|Various It is a native of different parts of North-America, and flowers with us in May. The Botanical Magazine, Vol. 6\|William Curtis The numbers are much smaller than those of North-America but they are said to be more fierce. Natural History in Anecdote\|Various Natives of North-America contrasted with those upon the coast of Africa. Zoonomia, Vol. I\|Erasmus Darwin British Dictionary definitions for North America North America noun the third largest continent, linked with South America by the Isthmus of Panama and bordering on the Arctic Ocean, the N Pacific, the N Atlantic, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Caribbean. It consists generally of a great mountain system (the Western Cordillera) extending along the entire W coast, actively volcanic in the extreme north and south, with the Great Plains to the east and the Appalachians still further east, separated from the Canadian Shield by an arc of large lakes (Great Bear, Great Slave, Winnipeg, Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario); reaches its greatest height of 6194 m (20 320 ft) in Mount McKinley, Alaska, and its lowest point of 85 m (280 ft) below sea level in Death Valley, California, and ranges from snowfields, tundra, and taiga in the north to deserts in the southwest and tropical forests in the extreme south. Pop: 332 156 000 (2005 est). Area: over 24 000 000 sq km (9 500 000 sq miles) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for North America North America Third-largest continent (after Asia and Africa), comprising Canada, the United States, Mexico, and Central America. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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