Central Americanoun
uk/ˌsen.trəl əˈmer.ɪ.kə/us/ˌsen.trəl əˈmer.ɪ.kə/the region where North America joins South America that includes Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama
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- Because of these inventions, people in a city like London can have tropical fruits from Asia, coffee from Central America, and fresh fish from Scotland every day, any time of year.
- He wanted to study snakes in Belize, a country in Central America, but his parents said no.
- The Mayan people lived in the south of Mexico and parts of Central America.
- The Mayans, a group of people in Central America, made a calendar a long time ago.
- The ancient Aztecs in Central America saw turtles as boastful cowards.
- A most unusual miner and underground dweller is the pocket gopher of North and Central America.
- An Englishman just returned from Central America, after traveling in Arizona, writes to the Times.
- Make a list of the countries of South America and Central America that declared war on Germany.
- The Nicaragua Canal is a water-way that will cross the narrow neck of land that makes Central America.
- Then it must come from one of three other regions—South America, Central America, Mexico.