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North America

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NorthAmerica

  2. Thecontinent that is the northern part of theAmericas; that part east of thePacific Ocean, west of theAtlantic Ocean, north ofSouth America and south of theArctic Ocean.
    • 1991 May 12, “Kidnapped!”, inJeeves and Wooster, Series 2, Episode 5:
      Jeeves: Foreign travel often liberates emotions best kept in check, sir. The air ofNorth 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.
  3. (US, Canada) Canada and the United States as a unit to the exclusion of Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean nations, and Greenland; roughly equivalent toNorthern America. Often used to describeobjects in acontext that includes only the US and Canada.

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continent

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continentsedit
countries in North America (appendix)edit
territories of North Americaedit

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