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• AMERICA (noun)
Meaning:
North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
America; the States; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA; U.S.
Instance hypernyms:
North American country; North American nation (a country on the North American continent)
Meronyms (parts of "America"):
South (the region of the United States lying south of the Mason-Dixon line)
Aloha State; Hawai'i; Hawaii; HI (a state in the United States in the central Pacific on the Hawaiian Islands)
Gem State; ID; Idaho (a state in the Rocky Mountains)
Bluegrass State; Kentucky; KY (a state in east central United States; a border state during the American Civil War; famous for breeding race horses)
Louisiana Purchase (territory in the western United States purchased from France in 1803 for $15 million; extends from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada)
Montana; MT; Treasure State (a state in northwestern United States on the Canadian border)
Battle Born State; Nevada; NV; Sagebrush State; Silver State (a state in the western United States)
Land of Enchantment; New Mexico; NM (a state in southwestern United States on the Mexican border)
NC; North Carolina; Old North State; Tar Heel State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies)
Empire State of the South; GA; Georgia; Peach State (a state in southeastern United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
D.C.; DC; District of Columbia (the district occupied entirely by the city of Washington; chosen by George Washington as the site of the nation's capital and created out of land ceded by Maryland and Virginia)
Sunbelt (states in the south and southwest that have a warm climate and tend to be politically conservative)
North (the region of the United States lying north of the Mason-Dixon line)
Dakota (the area of the states of North Dakota and South Dakota)
AK; Alaska; Last Frontier (a state in northwestern North America; the 49th state admitted to the union)
Arizona; AZ; Grand Canyon State (a state in southwestern United States; site of the Grand Canyon)
AR; Arkansas; Land of Opportunity (a state in south central United States; one of the Confederate states during the American Civil War)
CA; Calif.; California; Golden State (a state in the western United States on the Pacific; the 3rd largest state; known for earthquakes)
Centennial State; CO; Colorado (a state in west central United States in the Rocky Mountains)
ND; North Dakota; Peace Garden State (a state of north central United States bordering on Canada)
Beaver State; OR; Oregon (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
New River (a river in the southeastern United States that flows northward from North Carolina to West Virginia where it empties into the Kanawha River)
Niagara; Niagara River (a river flowing from Lake Erie into Lake Ontario; forms boundary between Ontario and New York)
Niobrara; Niobrara River (a tributary of the Missouri River)
Ohio; Ohio River (a river that is formed in western Pennsylvania and flows westward to become a tributary of the Mississippi River)
Rio Bravo; Rio Grande (a North American river; boundary between the United States and Mexico; flows into Gulf of Mexico)
Saint Lawrence; Saint Lawrence River; St. Lawrence; St. Lawrence River (a North American river; flows into the Gulf of Saint Lawrence and the North Atlantic)
Twin; Twin Falls (a waterfall in the Snake River in southern Idaho)
Yosemite; Yosemite Falls (a series of waterfalls in Yosemite National Park in California; is reduced to a trickle for part of each year)
Mississippi; Mississippi River (a major North American river and the chief river of the United States; rises in northern Minnesota and flows southward into the Gulf of Mexico)
Great Lakes (a group of 5 lakes in central North America)
Connecticut; Connecticut River (a river in the northeastern United States; flows south from northern New Hampshire along the border between New Hampshire and Vermont and through Massachusetts and Connecticut where it empties into Long Island Sound)
Palmetto State; SC; South Carolina (a state in the Deep South; one of the original 13 colonies)
Coyote State; Mount Rushmore State; SD; South Dakota (a state in north central United States)
Tennessee; TN; Volunteer State (a state in east central United States)
Beehive State; Mormon State; UT; Utah (a state in the western United States; settled in 1847 by Mormons led by Brigham Young)
Old Dominion; Old Dominion State; VA; Virginia (a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War)
Evergreen State; WA; Washington (a state in northwestern United States on the Pacific)
Mountain State; West Virginia; WV (a state in east central United States)
Equality State; WY; Wyoming (a state in the western United States; mountainous in the west and north with the Great Plains in the east)
Yukon; Yukon River (a North American river that flows westward from the Yukon Territory through central Alaska to the Bering Sea)
Mid-Atlantic states (a region of the eastern United States comprising New York and New Jersey and Pennsylvania and Delaware and Maryland)
Missouri; Missouri River (the longest river in the United States; arises in Montana and flows southeastward to become a tributary of the Mississippi at Saint Louis)
East; eastern United States (the region of the United States lying north of the Ohio River and east of the Mississippi River)
middle west; Midwest; midwestern United States (the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America))
Pacific Northwest (a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia)
American state (one of the 50 states of the United States)
OK; Oklahoma; Sooner State (a state in south central United States)
New England (a region of northeastern United States comprising Maine and New Hampshire and Vermont and Massachusetts and Rhode Island and Connecticut)
Colony (one of the 13 British colonies that formed the original states of the United States)
West; western United States (the region of the United States lying to the west of the Mississippi River)
Meronyms (members of "America"):
American (a native or inhabitant of the United States)
Domain member region:
septillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 24 zeros)
sextillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 21 zeros)
trapezium (a quadrilateral with no parallel sides)
billionth (position 1,000,000,000 in a countable series of things)
trapezoid (a quadrilateral with two parallel sides)
octillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 27 zeros)
February 2; Groundhog Day (if the ground hog emerges and sees his shadow on this day, there will be 6 more weeks of winter)
paleface (a derogatory term for a white person (said to have been used by North American Indians))
marine (of or relating to military personnel who serve both on land and at sea (specifically the U.S. Marine Corps))
trillion (one million million in the United States)
billion (denoting a quantity consisting of one thousand million items or units in the United States)
first-year; freshman (used of a person in the first year of an experience (especially in United States high school or college))
Presidents' Day (the third Monday in February; commemorates both presidents Lincoln and Washington)
February 22; Washington's Birthday (the day on which George Washington is remembered)
February 12; Lincoln's Birthday (the day on which President Abraham Lincoln is remembered)
quintillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 18 zeros)
Cassia alata; ringworm bush; ringworm cassia; ringworm shrub; Senna alata (tropical shrub (especially of Americas) having yellow flowers and large leaves whose juice is used as a cure for ringworm and poisonous bites; sometimes placed in genus Cassia)
quadrillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 15 zeros)
mestiza (a woman of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry))
ladino; mestizo (a person of mixed racial ancestry (especially mixed European and Native American ancestry))
old man ((slang) boss)
staff member; staffer (an employee who is a member of a staff of workers (especially a member of the staff that works for the President of the United States))
Northerner; Yank; Yankee (an American who lives in the North (especially during the American Civil War))
Gibson; Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson; Mel Gibson (Australian actor (born in the United States in 1956))
genus Epiphyllum (small genus of tropical American (mainly Central America) cacti)
Matricaria matricarioides; pineapple weed; rayless chamomile (annual aromatic weed of Pacific coastal areas (United States and northeastern Asia) having bristle-pointed leaves and rayless yellow flowers)
genus Hedeoma; Hedeoma (small genus of American herbs (American pennyroyal))
Acrostichum aureum; golden fern; leather fern (stout tropical swamp fern (especially tropical America) having large fronds with golden yellow sporangia covering the undersides)
discount rate (the rate of interest set by the Federal Reserve that member banks are charged when they borrow money through the Federal Reserve System)
buck; clam; dollar; dollar bill; one dollar bill (a piece of paper money worth one dollar)
in; inch (a unit of length equal to one twelfth of a foot)
1000000000; billion; one thousand million (the number that is represented as a one followed by 9 zeros)
1000000000000; one million million; trillion (the number that is represented as a one followed by 12 zeros)
desperado; desperate criminal (a bold outlaw (especially on the American frontier))
Marlowe; Philip Marlowe (tough cynical detective (one of the early detective heroes in American fiction) created by Raymond Chandler)
Bill of Rights (a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution))
Social Security number (the number of a particular individual's social security account)
shamanism (any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes))
southernism (an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US))
beak; honker; hooter; nozzle; schnoz; schnozzle; snoot; snout (informal terms for the nose)
totem (emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians))
slave market (a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War))
maquiladora (an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border)
water spaniel (any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl)
American Civil War; United States Civil War; War between the States (civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865)
recall (the act of removing an official by petition)
Boston Tea Party (demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea)
trust busting ((law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws))
reallocation; reallotment; reapportionment (a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results))
snake dance (a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked)
multiple voting (voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.))
Athabascan; Athabaskan; Athapascan; Athapaskan; Athapaskan language (a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir))
inaugural; inaugural address (an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president))
joint resolution (a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the chief executive (or passed over the executive's veto))
North; Union (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War))
Marshall Islands; Republic of the Marshall Islands (a republic (under United States protection) on the Marshall Islands)
barrio (a Spanish-speaking quarter in a town or city (especially in the United States))
county (the largest administrative district within a state)
IC; Intelligence Community; National Intelligence Community; United States Intelligence Community (a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence)
independent agency (an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments)
nation (a federation of tribes (especially native American tribes))
federation of tribes; tribe (a federation (as of American Indians))
tart (a small open pie with a fruit filling)
teacake (any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea)
partridge (flesh of either quail or grouse)
cola; dope (carbonated drink flavored with extract from Kola nuts ('dope' is a southernism in the United States))
combination in restraint of trade ((law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States))
State Department (a department of government in one of the 50 states)
department of the federal government; federal department; federal office (a department of the federal government of the United States)
Instance hyponyms:
North; Union (the United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War))
Holonyms ("America" is a part of...):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Holonyms ("America" is a member of...):
NATO; North Atlantic Treaty Organization (an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security)
OAS; Organization of American States (an association of countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation)
Meaning:
North America and South America and Central America
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
dry land; earth; ground; land; solid ground; terra firma (the solid part of the earth's surface)
Meronyms (parts of "America"):
Central America (the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia)
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)
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