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AMERICA

\ɐmˈɛɹɪkə], \ɐmˈɛɹɪkə], \ɐ_m_ˈɛ_ɹ_ɪ_k_ə]\

Definitions of AMERICA

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language

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The general name for NORTH AMERICA; CENTRAL AMERICA; and SOUTH AMERICA unspecified or combined.

2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
By DataStellar Co., Ltd

Either of two continents forming the western hemisphere; (1) North A., area, 8,892,000 sq. m. (2) South A., area, 6,800,000 sq. m.

1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
By James Champlin Fernald

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