North America
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United States
The United States of America, often referred to as the U.S. or USA, is the fourth-largest country by area and the third-most populous country in the world with over 334 million people as of 2020.Canada
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Canada is the world's second largest country by area, behind only Russia.
Caribbean
The islands of the Caribbean Sea or West Indies are an extensive archipelago in the far west of the Atlantic Ocean, mostly strung between North and South America.Destinations
Mexico
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Mexico is known for its cuisine, art, archaeology, history, pyramids, music, museums, haciendas…
Central America
Central America is the thin section of land that links the North American continent with the South American continent.North America
- Type: Locality with 529,000,000 residents
- Description: continent
- Neighbors: South America
- Categories: continent and subcontinent
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Latitude of centre
49° northLongitude of centre
-97.226° or 97° 13' 34" westPopulation
529,000,000OpenStreetMap ID
node 36966063OpenStreetMap Feature
place=continentWikidata ID
Q49North America Satellite Map
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Also Known As
- Abkhazian: Tamrikt n Ugafa
- Abkhazian: Аҩадатәи Америка
- Achinese: Amirika Utara
- Adyghe: Ишъхъэрэ Америкэ
- Afar: Arqa Amerika
- Afrikaans: Noord-Amerika
- Albanian: Amerika Veriore
- Amharic: ስሜን አሜሪካ
- Angika: उत्तरी अमरिका
- Arabic: Amihanan nga Amerika
- Arabic: أمريكا الشمالية
- Arabic: أميركا الشمالية
- Aragonese: America d'o Norte
- Armenian: Հյուսիսային Ամերիկա
- Arpitan: Amèrica de Bise
- Arpitan: Amèrica du Nord
- Assamese: উত্তৰ আমেৰিকা
- Asturian: América del Norte
- Asturian: Norteamérica
- Atayal: Pemeco
- Avaric: Lentefa Amerika
- Awadhi: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Azerbaijani: Şimali Amerika
- Balinese: Amérika Kalér
- Bambara: Saheli Amerika
- Banjar: Amirika Utara
- Bashkir: Төньяҡ Америка
- Basque: Ipar Amerika
- Bavarian: Noadamerika
- Belarusian: Паўночная Амерыка
- Belarusian: Паўночная Амэрыка
- Bengali: উঃ আমেরিকা
- Bengali: উত্তর আমেরিকা
- Bengali: উত্তর ও মধ্য আমেরিকা
- Bengali: এনএ
- Bengali: কচ্ছপ দ্বীপ
- Bhojpuri: उत्तर अमरीका
- Bhojpuri: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Bhojpuri: उत्तरी अमरीका
- Bhojpuri: उत्तरी अमेरिका
- Bislama: Not Amerika
- Bosnian: Sjeverna Amerika
- Brahui: Kutubí Amríká
- Breton: Norzhamerika
- Bulgarian: Северна Америка
- Burmese: မြောက်အမေရိက
- Catalan: Amèrica boreal
- Catalan: Amèrica del Nord
- Catalan: Amèrica del nord
- Catalan: Nord-amèrica
- Cebuano: Amihanang Amerika
- Central Bikol: Amerika nin Norte
- Central Bikol: Amihanan na Amerika
- Central Kurdish: ئەمریکای باکوور
- Chechen: Къилбаседа Америка
- Cherokee: ᏧᏴᏢ ᎠᎹᏰᏟ
- Chinese: Pak Bí-chiu
- Chinese: 北美
- Chinese: 北美洲
- Church Slavic: Сѣвєрьна Амєрїка
- Chuvash: Çурçĕр Америка
- Cornish: Amerika Gledh
- Corsican: America settentriunale
- Crimean Tatar: Şimaliy Amerika
- Croatian: Sjeverna Amerika
- Czech: Amerika
- Czech: Severní Amerika
- Danish: Nordamerika
- Dimli (individual language): Amerika Zımey
- Dotyali: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Dutch: Noord-Amerika
- Eastern Mari: Йӱдвел Америка
- Egyptian Arabic: امريكا الشماليه
- English: NA
- English: North and Central America
- English: Turtle Island
- Erzya: Пелевеёнксонь Америка
- Esperanto: Nord-Ameriko
- Esperanto: Nordameriko
- Estonian: Põhja-Ameerika manner
- Extremaduran: América el Norti
- Faroese: Norðuramerika
- Fiji Hindi: North America
- Fijian: Nordamerica
- Fijian: Vualiku Amerika
- Finnish: Pohjois-Amerikka
- French: Amérique du Nord
- French: Amérique du Nord (Q19464773) plus Amérique centrale (Q27611)
- French: Île de la Tortue
- Friulian: Americhe dal Nord
- Gagauz: Poyraz Amerika
- Galician: América do Norte
- Galician: Norteamérica
- Galician: کلسيايي آمريکا
- Gan Chinese: 北美洲
- Ganda: North America
- Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი ამერიკა
- German: Nordamerika
- Ghanaian Pidgin English: North America
- Gilaki: کلسیا آمریکا
- Gilaki: کلسییا آمریکا
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐌰𐌼𐌴𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰
- Gothic: 𐌽𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌸𐌰 𐍅𐌴𐌹𐌽𐌰𐌻𐌰𐌽𐌳
- Greek: Βόρεια Αμερική
- Guarani: Yvate Amérika
- Guarani: Yvateamérika
- Guianese Creole French: Lanmérik di Nò
- Gujarati: ઉત્તર અમેરિકા
- Haitian: Amerik dinò
- Hakka Chinese: Pet-mî-chû
- Hausa: Amirka ta Arewa
- Hausa: Amurka ta Arewa
- Hausa: Pet Mî-chû
- Hausa: ʻAmelika ʻĀkau
- Hawaiian: ‘Amelika ‘Ākau
- Hebrew: אמריקה הצפונית
- Hebrew: צפון-אמריקה
- Hebrew: צפון אמריקה
- Hindi: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Hungarian: Észak-Amerika
- Icelandic: Norður-Ameríka
- Igbo: Olile anyanwu Amerika
- Iloko: Amianan nga Amerika
- Inari Sami: Tave-Amerik
- Indonesian: Amerika Utara
- Indonesian: NA
- Ingush: ГIинбухера Америка
- Interlingua: America del Nord
- Interlingue: America del Nord
- Inuktitut: ᐊᒥᐊᕆᑲ ᑐᓄᕕᐊᖅ
- Irish: Meiriceá Thuaidh
- Irish: Meiriceá Thuiaidh
- Italian: America Settentrionale e Centrale
- Italian: America del Nord
- Italian: America settentrionale
- Italian: Continente nord-americano
- Italian: Continente nordamericano
- Italian: Nord-America
- Italian: Nord America
- Italian: Nordamerica
- Italian: Nordamericano
- Italian: North America
- Italian: Subcontinente nordamericano
- Jamaican Creole English: Naat Amoerka
- Japanese: 北アメリカ
- Japanese: 北米
- Javanese: Amérika Lor
- Javanese: Amérika Lèr
- Kabardian: Ишъхъэрэ Америкэ
- Kabiyè: Amerika nɛ hayi tɛtʋ wandamm
- Kabyle: Tamrikt n Ugafa
- Kalaallisut: Amerika Avannarleq
- Kannada: ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
- Kara-Kalpak: Arqa Amerika
- Karachay-Balkar: Шимал Америка
- Kashmiri: شُمٲلی امریکہ
- Kashubian: Nordowô Amerika
- Kazakh: Солтүстік Америка
- Khmer: អាមេរិកខាងជើង
- Kinaray-A: Kaamerikhan Naaminhan
- Kinaray-A: Naaminhan nga Kaamerikhan
- Kinyarwanda: Amerika ya Ruguru
- Kirghiz: Түндүк Америка
- Komi-Permyak: Ойвыв Америка
- Komi: Войвыв Америка
- Kongo: Amelika ya Nodi
- Korean: 북미
- Korean: 북아메리카
- Kotava: Lentefa Amerika
- Kurdish: Amerîkaya Bakur
- Kurdish: ئامەریکایا باکور
- Ladin: America dl Nord
- Ladino: Amerika del Nord
- Ladino: Amerika del Norte
- Lao: Amianan nga Amerika
- Lao: ທະວີບອາເມລິກາເໜືອ
- Lao: ອະເມລິກາເໜືອ
- Latin: America Septentrionalis
- Latvian: Ziemeļamerika
- Lezghian: Кеферпатан Америка
- Ligurian: America do Nòrd
- Limburgan: Noord-Amerika
- Lingua Franca Nova: America Norde
- Lithuanian: Šiaurės Amerika
- Livvi: Pohjas-Amerikku
- Lojban: bemtu'a
- Lombard: America del Nord
- Low German: Noord-Amerika
- Low German: Noordamerika
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołnocna Amerika
- Luxembourgish: Nord- a Mëttelamerika
- Luxembourgish: Nordamerika
- Macedo-Romanian: America di Aratsile
- Macedonian: Северна Америка
- Maithili: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Malagasy: Amerika Avaratra
- Malay: Amerika Utara
- Malayalam: വടക്കേ അമേരിക്ക
- Maltese: Amerika ta' Fuq
- Maltese: L-Amerika ta' Fuq
- Manx: America Hwoaie
- Maori: Nōta Amerika
- Marathi: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Mazanderani: شمالی امریکا
- Min Dong Chinese: Báe̤k Mī-ciŭ
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak-bí-chiu
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak-bí
- Min Nan Chinese: Pak Bí-chiu
- Minangkabau: Amerika Utara
- Mingrelian: ოორუე ამერიკა
- Mirandese: América de l Norte
- Moksha: Кельмеширень Америк
- Moksha: Кельмеширень Америкась
- Mon: အမေရိကသၟဝ်ကျာ
- Mongolian: Хойд Америк
- Mongolian: အမေရိကသၟဝ်ကျာ
- Moroccan Arabic: أمريكا الشمالية
- N'Ko: ߊߡߋߙߌߞߌ߬ ߞߐ߬ߘߎ߮
- N'Ko: ߞߐ߬ߘߎ߮ ߊߡߋߙߌߞߌ߬
- Narom: Améthique du Nord
- Neapolitan: Nordamèreca
- Nepali: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Newari: उत्तर अमेरिका
- Northern Frisian: Nuurd-Ameerikoo
- Northern Sami: Davvi-Amerihkká
- Norwegian: Nord-Amerika
- Norwegian Bokmål: Nord-Amerika
- Norwegian Nynorsk: Nord-Amerika
- Novial: Nordi Amerika
- Nyanja: North America
- Occitan (post 1500): America del Nòrd
- Occitan (post 1500): America deu Nòrd
- Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): ܐܡܪܝܩܐ ܓܪܒܝܝܬܐ
- Old English (ca. 450-1100): Norðamerica
- Oriya: ଉତ୍ତର ଆମେରିକା
- Oromo: Ameerikaa Kaabaa
- Oromo: North America
- Ossetian: Цæгат Америк
- Ossetian: Цæгат Америкæ
- Ossetian: Цæгат Амырык
- Pa'o Karen: အမေႏရိကထင်ꩻ
- Pampanga: Pangúlung Amerika
- Panjabi: ਉੱਤਰੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ
- Papiamento: Nort Amerika
- Papiamento: Nort Amérika
- Pedi: Amerika Leboa
- Pennsylvania German: Nard-Amerikaa
- Pennsylvania German: Natt Amerikaa
- Persian: North America
- Persian: آمریکا شمالی
- Persian: آمریکای شمالی
- Picard: Anmérike du Nord
- Piemontese: América Setentrional
- Pitcairn-Norfolk: North Merika
- Polish: AP
- Polish: Ameryka Północna
- Polish: NA
- Portuguese: América do Norte
- Portuguese: América do Norte e América Central
- Pushto: شمالي امريکا
- Quechua: Chinchay Awya Yala
- Romanian: America de Nord
- Romansh: America dal Nord
- Russia Buriat: Хойто Америка
- Russia Buriat: Хойто Америкэ
- Russian: Северная Америка
- Rusyn: Северна Америка
- Samoan: Amerika i Matu
- Samogitian: Šiaurės Amerėka
- Sanskrit: उत्तर-अमेरिकाखण्डः
- Santali: ᱮᱛᱚᱢ ᱟᱢᱮᱨᱤᱠᱟ
- Saraiki: شمالی امریکہ
- Saterfriesisch: Noud-Amerikoa
- Saterfriesisch: Noudamerikoa
- Scots: North Americae
- Scottish Gaelic: Aimearaga a Tuath
- Serbian: Северна Америка
- Serbo-Croatian: Severna Amerika
- Serbo-Croatian: Sjeverna Amerika
- Shan: ဢမႄႇရိၵႁွင်ႇ
- Shona: Amerika Maodzanyemba
- Shona: North America
- Sicilian: Amèrica dû Nord
- Sicilian: Amèrica sittintriunali
- Silesian: Půłnocno Amerika
- Sindhi: اتر آمريڪا
- Sinhala: උතුරු ඇමෙරිකාව
- Skolt Sami: Tâʹvv-Amerikk
- Slovak: Severná Amerika
- Slovenian: Severna Amerika
- Somali: Woqooyiga Ameerika
- South Azerbaijani: شومالی آمریکا
- South Azerbaijani: قوزئی آمریکا
- Southern Sotho: Amerika Leboya
- Spanish: America del Norte y America Central
- Spanish: América del Norte
- Spanish: América septentrional
- Spanish: Norte América
- Spanish: Norteamérica
- Sranan Tongo: Opo Amrika
- Sundanese: Amérika Kalér
- Swahili: Amerika Kaskazini
- Swahili: Amerika ya Kaskazini
- Swedish: Nordamerika
- Swiss German: Nordamerika
- Tagalog: Hilagang Amerika
- Tagalog: kontinente sa Kaamerikahan
- Tajik: Амрикои Шимолӣ
- Tajik: Омрикои Шимолӣ
- Talysh: Şimali Amerikə
- Tamil: வட அமெரிக்கா
- Tamil: வட அமேரிக்கா
- Tamil: வடக்கு அமெரிக்கா
- Tatar: Tönyak Amerika
- Tatar: Төньяк Америка
- Tatar: Төньяк Әмрикә
- Telugu: ఉత్తర అమెరికా
- Thai: ทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ
- Thai: อเมริกาเหนือ
- Tibetan: གླིང་ཆེན་ཨ་མེ་རི་ཁ་བྱང་མ།
- Tok Pisin: Not Amerika
- Tosk Albanian: Nordamerika
- Tsonga: Amerikha ya le N'walungu
- Tulu: ಉತ್ತರ ಅಮೇರಿಕ
- Tumbuka: Amelika wa Kumpoto
- Tumbuka: North America
- Turkish: Kuzey Amerika
- Turkish: Kuzey Amerika kıtası
- Turkmen: Demirgazyk Amerika
- Tuvinian: Соңгу Америка
- Twi: North America
- Tyap: Amerika A̱za
- Udmurt: Уйпал Америка
- Uighur: شىمالىي ئامېرىكا
- Ukrainian: Північна Америка
- Upper Sorbian: Sewjerna Amerika
- Urdu: شمالی امریکا
- Uzbek: Shimoliy Amerika
- Venetian: Amèrica del Nord
- Venetian: nordamèrica
- Veps: Pohjoižamerik
- Vietnamese: Bắc Mỹ
- Vlaams: Nôord-Amerika
- Vlax Romani: Nordutni Amerika
- Volapük: Nolüda-Merop
- Võro: Põh'a-Ameeriga
- Walloon: Amerike bijhrece
- Waray (Philippines): Amihanan nga Amerika
- Welsh: Gogledd America
- Western Frisian: Noard-Amearika
- Western Panjabi: اُبھا امریکا
- Western Panjabi: شمالی امریکا
- Wolof: Bëj-gànnaaru Aamerig
- Wu Chinese: 北美洲
- Xhosa: UmNtla Melika
- Yakut: Хоту Америка
- Yiddish: צפון אמעריקע
- Yoruba: Àríwá Amẹ́ríkà
- Yue Chinese: 北美洲
- Zeeuws: Noord-Amerika
- Zeeuws: Noôrd-Amerika
- Zhuang: Baekmeijcouh
- Zulu: IMelika Enyakatho
- America di Nord
- Americhe settendrionale
- Amerika-ki-te-Raki
- Amerika Lor
- Amerikay Zımey
- Ixachitlān Mictlāmpa
- ma Amelika lete
- ГӀинбухера Америка
- Ишхъэрэ Америкэ
- អាមេរិកខាងជើង
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