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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 continentplay

  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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