America
America is the name for the continents North America, Central America and South America combined (or if one includes Central America in North America one should say: North and South America). This landmass is also collectively called The Americas.
See naming of America for information about how the continents were named.
Other meanings of America:
- An abbreviation of United States of America, and in American, sometimes used in the meaning relating to the United States of America. See American for more on this usage.
- A reference to the 13 colonies that preceded the formation of the USA.
- America, Brazil
- America, Netherlands - a town in the municipality of Horst aan de Maas.
- America (band), the rock and roll band.
- America (album), the above band's debut album (self-titled).
- America (novel), a novel by Franz Kafka.
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