america

A-mer-i-ca · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The United States of America.

  2. 2.

    The continents of North and South America together; the Americas.

  3. 3.

    North America (less commonly).

Related words

See also: USA, United States, american
Synonyms: the States, the US, the USA, the United States

Etymology

From the Latinized form of the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller first applied the name to the newly discovered lands in his 1507 world map, initially referring to South America.