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america
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[ noun ] (government,geography) 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
Synonyms Used in print (The Christian Science Monitor,...)Would we want a future-day Gibbon or Macaulay recounting the saga of America with movies as his prime source of knowledge ? If a man totally ignorant of America were to judge our land and its civilization based on Hollywood alone , what conclusions do you think he might come_to ? (William G. Pollard, Physicist and Christian....)As the play opens the audience is introduced to the community of Salem in Puritan America at the end of the eighteenth century . (Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)For we must number here not_only the names of Bushnell , Clarke , and Rauschenbusch , not_to_mention those of `` the Chicago_School '' and Macintosh , but those of the brothers Niebuhr and ( if America may claim him ! ) (Bonnie Prudden, "The Dancer and the Gymnast"...)If the dance teachers of America make it their business to prepare their young charges for the gymnastics that must come some_day if our schools are really responsible , we will be that_much ahead . Related terms North_American_country Union connecticut North_Atlantic_Treaty_Organization Organization_of_American_States American North_America South Virginia North New_England Georgia Alaska California DC Red Hawaii West Mississippi New_Mexico Arkansas North_Carolina Wyoming Kentucky Washington Utah Colorado East Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Arizona Midwest South_Carolina South_Dakota Missouri Sabine west_coast Yellowstone Yosemite West_Virginia Great_Lakes Brazos American_state Rio_Grande Niagara Niobrara Idaho Pee_Dee Republican Oxford Tombigbee Colony Snake Salmon Mid-Atlantic_states South_Platte St._Lawrence St._Francis Sunbelt Wabash White Wisconsin Yukon Nevada Twin new_river louisiana_purchase dakota North_Dakota American_Civil_War saint_johns saint_francis saint_lawrence Susquehanna St._Johns pacific_northwest Montana east_coast Pecos Ohio federal_department independent_agency ic inch county Athapaskan dollar Yankee joint_resolution billion Union inaugural_address combination_in_restraint_of_trade state_department ringworm_bush tribe golden_fern discount_rate Hedeoma slave_market trillion billion quintillion trapezium nation beak boston_tea_party Lincoln's_Birthday Washington's_Birthday Groundhog_Day southernism shamanism freshman trust_busting Social_Security_number Marshall_Islands water_spaniel Bill_of_Rights recall snake_dance tart trillion barrio paleface teacake desperado partridge marine gibson American_Civil_War marlowe staff_member cola mestiza genus_Epiphyllum pineapple_weed quadrillion old_man billionth mestizo trapezoid totem maquiladora reallotment Presidents'_Day multiple_voting |
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[ noun ] (geography) North and South America
Synonyms Used in print (James Boylan, "Mutinity"...)A century of exploration had established that a great land_mass , North and South America , lay between Europe and the_Indies . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Woman's first name, popularity rank in the U.S. is 1702
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