America

A·mer·i·ca

A0249700 (ə-mĕr′ĭ-kə)1. The United States.2. also the A·mer·i·cas (-kəz) The landmasses and islands of North America, Central America, and South America.

America

(əˈmɛrɪkə) n1. (Placename) short for the United States of America2. (Placename) Also called: the Americas the American continent, including North, South, and Central America[C16: from Americus, Latin form of Amerigo; after Amerigo Vespucci]

A•mer•i•ca

(əˈmɛr ɪ kə)

n. 1. United States. 2. North America. 3. South America. 4. Also called the Americas. North and South America, considered together.

America

Americamaniaan obsession with America and things American.un-Americanismthe 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 1776U.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 invokedreallotment, 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 tearecall - the act of removing an official by petitionAmerican Civil War, United States Civil War, War between the States - civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865water spaniel - any dog of two large curly-coated breeds used for hunting waterfowlmaquiladora - an assembly plant in Mexico (near the United States border); parts are shipped into Mexico and the finished product is shipped back across the borderslave 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 nosesouthernism - 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 accountjoint 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 fillingteacake - any of various small cakes or cookies often served with teapartridge - flesh of either quail or grousecola, 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 statesdepartment of the federal government, federal department, federal office - a department of the federal government of the United Statesfederation 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 securityOAS, 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 cooperationnation - 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 departmentsIC, 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 Intelligencecounty - (United States) the largest administrative district within a state; "the county plans to build a new road"eastern United States, East - the region of the United States lying to the north of the Ohio River and to the east of the Mississippi Rivermiddle west, Midwest, midwestern United States - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)Pacific Northwest - a region of the northwestern United States usually including Washington and Oregon and sometimes southwestern British Columbia
	2.	America - North America and South America and Central AmericaCentral America - the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of ColombiaNorth America - a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of PanamaSouth America - a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama

America

nounQuotations
"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

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