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A·mer·i·ca  (-mr-k)

1. The United States.

2. also the A·mer·i·cas (-kz) The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America.

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America [əˈmɛrɪkə]

n

1. (Placename) short for the United States of America

2. (Placename) Also called the Americas the American continent, including North, South, and Central America

[from Americus, Latin form of Amerigo; after Amerigo Vespucci (?1454-1512), Florentine navigator in the New World]

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America

Americamania

an obsession with America and things American.

un-Americanism

the state or condition of being out of sympathy with or against an ideal of American behavior, attitudes, beliefs, etc. — un-American, n., adj.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	America - 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 U.S.A., United States, United States of America, US, USA, the States, U.S. multiple voting - the act of voting in more than one place by the same person at the same election (illegal in U.S.) snake dance - a ceremonial dance (as by the Hopi) in which snakes are handled or invoked reallotment, reapportionment, reallocation - a new apportionment (especially a new apportionment of congressional seats in the United States on the basis of census results) trust busting - (law) government activities seeking to dissolve corporate trusts and monopolies (especially under the United States antitrust laws) Boston Tea Party - demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests of tea into the harbor; organized as a protest against taxes on tea recall - the act of removing an official by petition American Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865 water spaniel - any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowl maquiladora - an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the border slave market - a marketplace where slaves were auctioned off (especially in the southern United States before the American Civil War) totem - emblem consisting of an object such as an animal or plant; serves as the symbol of a family or clan (especially among American Indians) hooter, schnoz, schnozzle, snoot, snout, nozzle, honker, beak - informal terms for the nose southernism - an attitude characteristic of Southerners (especially in the US) shamanism - any animistic religion similar to Asian shamanism (especially as practiced by certain Native American tribes) Social Security number - the number of a particular individual's Social Security account joint resolution - a resolution passed by both houses of Congress which becomes legally binding when signed by the Chief Executive (or passed over the Chief Executive's veto) Bill of Rights - a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution) Athabascan, Athapaskan language, Athabaskan, Athapascan, Athapaskan - a group of Amerindian languages (the name coined by an American anthropologist, Edward Sapir) inaugural, inaugural address - an address delivered at an inaugural ceremony (especially by a United States president) tart - a small open pie with a fruit filling teacake - any of various small cakes or cookies often served with tea partridge - flesh of either quail or grouse cola, dope - carbonated drink flavored with extract from kola nuts (`dope' is a southernism in the United States) combination in restraint of trade - (law) any monopoly or contract or combination or conspiracy intended to restrain commerce (which are illegal according to antitrust laws of the United States) State Department - a department of government in one of the 50 states department of the federal government, federal department, federal office - a department of the federal government of the United States federation of tribes, tribe - a federation (as of American Indians) NATO, North Atlantic Treaty Organization - an international organization created in 1949 by the North Atlantic Treaty for purposes of collective security OAS, Organization of American States - an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation nation - a federation of tribes (especially Native American tribes); "the Shawnee nation" independent agency - an agency of the United States government that is created by an act of Congress and is independent of the executive departments IC, Intelligence Community, National Intelligence Community, United States Intelligence Community - a group of government agencies and organizations that carry out intelligence activities for the United States government; headed by the Director of Central Intelligence county - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"
	2.	America - North America and South America and Central America Central America - the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia North America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama South America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama

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noun

Quotations
"America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy" [John Updike How to Love America and Leave it at the Same Time]
"America is rather like life. You can usually find in it what you look for" [E.M. Forster Two Cheers for Democracy]
"The business of America is business" [Calvin Coolidge Speech, 1925]
"America is God's Crucible, the great Melting-Pot where all the races of Europe are melting and reforming!" [Israel Zangwill The Melting Pot]
"America, thou half-brother of the world;"
"With something good and bad of every land" [Philip James Bailey Festus]
"Europe is the unfinished negative of which America is the proof" [Mary McCarthy On the Contrary]
"America is the most grandiose experiment the world has seen, but, I am afraid, it is not going to be a success" [Sigmund Freud]
"America is a large, friendly dog in a very small room. Every time it wags its tail, it knocks over a chair" [A.J. Toynbee]

Translations

America [əˈmerɪkə] N (= continent) → América f; (= USA) → Estados mpl Unidos

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America [əˈmɛrɪkə] n

(= USA) → l'Amérique f
in America → en Amérique
to America → en Amérique

(= American continent) → l'Amérique f
in America → en Amérique
to America → en Amérique

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America

n → Amerika nt; the Americas → Amerika nt, → der amerikanische Kontinent

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America [əˈmɛrɪkə] n → America

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America → أمريكا Amerika Amerika Amerika Αμερική América Amerikka Amérique Amerika America アメリカ 미국 Amerika Amerika Ameryka América Америка Amerika ประเทศอเมริกา Amerika nước Mỹ 美国