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NORTH AMERICAN NATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does North American nation mean?
• NORTH AMERICAN NATION (noun)
The noun NORTH AMERICAN NATION has 1 sense:
1. any country on the North American continent
Familiarity information: NORTH AMERICAN NATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• NORTH AMERICAN NATION (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any country on the North American continent
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Synonyms:
North American country; North American nation
Hypernyms ("North American nation" is a kind of...):
country; land; state (the territory occupied by a nation)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "North American nation"):
Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)
Instance hyponyms:
Mexico; United Mexican States (a republic in southern North America; became independent from Spain in 1810)
Canada (a nation in northern North America; the French were the first Europeans to settle in mainland Canada)
America; the States; U.S.; U.S.A.; United States; United States of America; US; USA (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)
Holonyms ("North American nation" is a part of...):
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
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