North America
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1.0
- proper noun
- /nɔrθ əˈmɛrɪkə/
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América del Norte
- The United States and Canada are two of the largest countries located in North America.
- live in North America
- people in North America
- the continent of North America
They had already mapped all of North America by that time.
- They had already mapped all of North America by that time.
- I'll be in North America and five countries abroad this year.
- And I travel a lot, speaking all over North America and internationally.
- Hey, man, why we don't have camels here in North America?
- For me, I'm going to go, I'm going to go with North America because Africa is Kilimanjaro.
- It's the largest American flag in in North America.
- So we're seeing in agriculture around the world and in North America things going to extremes.
- Things like bison and people move from Asia into North America.
- That car was never sold in North America, but it did have some very cool tail lights.
Examples
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We spoke in the largest mall in North America, West Edmonton Mall.
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You know, Google has North America and South America.
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In that respect, what is happening in North America is very different from the European experience.
Academic text (1996) -
You told me it was the first such race to be held in North America.
Fiction book (1993) -
Half of North America just lost their Facebook.
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I'll be in North America and five countries abroad this year.
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And I travel a lot, speaking all over North America and internationally.
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Modern recycling in North America is well into its third decade.
Academic text (1999) -
But the news is there are two basically competing charging standards in North America for electric cars.
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Now I'd like to welcome all our viewers across North America.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the northern part of the Americas' is directly and compositionally derived from combining the direction 'north' with the place-name 'America', so a learner who knows both constituents can infer the referent. This compass-direction + place-name pattern is common across languages (e.g., 'América del Norte', 'Amérique du Nord'), making the MWE immediately transparent to B1 learners.
Etymology
The name North America comes from early explorers and mapmakers who used America for the new lands and added North to show the top part. That's why North America means the northern part of the American continent, including Canada, the United States, and Mexico.