SOUTH AMERICAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does South American mean? 

• SOUTH AMERICAN (noun)
  The noun SOUTH AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. a native or inhabitant of South America

  Familiarity information: SOUTH AMERICAN used as a noun is very rare.

• SOUTH AMERICAN (adjective)
  The adjective SOUTH AMERICAN has 1 sense:

1. of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoples

  Familiarity information: SOUTH AMERICAN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SOUTH AMERICAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of South America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("South American" is a kind of...):

American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "South American"):

Colombian (a native or inhabitant of Colombia)

Venezuelan (a native or inhabitant of Venezuela)

Uruguayan (a native or inhabitant of Uruguay)

Kechua; Quechua (a member of a South American Indian people in Peru who were formerly the ruling class of the Inca empire)

Peruvian (a native or inhabitant of Peru)

Paraguayan (a native or inhabitant of Paraguay)

Guyanese (a native or inhabitant of Guyana)

Salvadoran; Salvadorean; Salvadorian (a native or inhabitant of El Salvador)

Ecuadoran; Ecuadorian (a native or inhabitant of Ecuador)

Chilean (a native or inhabitant of Chile)

Maraco (a member of the South American people living in Argentina and Bolivia and Paraguay)

Guarani (a member of the South American people living in Paraguay and Bolivia)

Tupi (a member of the South American Indian people living in Brazil and Paraguay)

Brazilian (a native or inhabitant of Brazil)

Bolivian (a native or inhabitant of Bolivia)

Argentinian (a native or inhabitant of Argentina)

Holonyms ("South American" is a member of...):

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

• SOUTH AMERICAN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or pertaining to or characteristic of the continent or countries of South America or their peoples

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

Derivation:

South America (the nations of the South American continent collectively)

South America (a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama)

 Context examples 

Watch for the new moon solar eclipse in Capricorn four degrees on December 25 (in the US and South American) or December 26 (in the rest of the world).

(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

There are anatomical features present only in Shingopana and in several South American titanosaurs, but not in other African titanosaurs.

(Paleontologists discover new species of sauropod dinosaur in Tanzania, National Science Foundation)

"Well," I interrupted, "any large South American animal—a tapir, for example."

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Also called: American trypanosomiasis, South American trypanosomiasis

(Chagas Disease, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)

The fossil monkey is closely related to living South American monkeys, such as capuchins.

(First-ever fossil monkey found in North America, NSF)

He says the sanctuary will expand the protection area for these species, covering from the African coast to the South American coast.

(Brazil to support South Atlantic whale sanctuary bid, Agência BRASIL)

A specific complex of toxic proteins from the venom of Crotalus durissus terrificus (South American rattlesnake).

(Crotoxin, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)

A person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race.

(Hispanic or Latino, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)

The appearance of unusually warm waters in the eastern Pacific; termed the "Christ child" because of the time of year it effects the South American coastline.

(El Niño, NOAA Paleoclimate Glossary)

The studies, released this week, show that the viruses belong to the so-called South American 1E lineage, which, according to the institute, has been predominant in Brazil since 2008.

(Brazil scientists find mutations in yellow fever virus, Agência Brasil)