- short for the United States of America
- Also called: the Americas
the American continent, including North, South, and Central America
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026
A•mer•i•ca
(ə mer′i kə),USA pronunciation n.
- Place NamesSee United States.
- Place NamesSee North America.
- Place NamesSee South America.
- Place NamesAlso called the Americas. North and South America, considered together.
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'America' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
A, a
- A.
- AAA
- AAAA
- Abel
- Acadian flycatcher
- Agassiz
- Ahnfelt's seaweed
- Alaska
- Allegheny barberry
- Alliance for Progress
- Altiplano
- Am.
- Amazon
- Amazonia
- Amer.
- America First Committee
- America Firster
- America's Cup
- American
- American Indian
- American Spanish
- American crab apple
- American elm
- Americana
- Americanism
- Americanist
- Amherst
- Andes
- Anglo-American
- Antarctic Peninsula
- Anti-Saloon League of America
- Appalachian Mountains
- Appaloosa
- Argentina
- Atacama Desert
- Atlantic Ocean
- Baudrillard
- Beaufort Sea
- Belize
- Bloch
- aalii
- acerola
- adelantado
- aechmea
- agarita
- agave
- agouti
- aguardiente
- ailanthus