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Americas

/əˈmɛɹɪkəz/
/əˈmɛɹəkəz/

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proper noun the Americas

plural, plural only A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole. In tracing the relationships between Western Modernism and the arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, the curators took a universalist approach.
Similar: America, New World

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Closest in meaning: united states, usa, us, the americas, continent, american, inter-american, latin, hemisphere, hemispheric, afro, concacaf, americans, américa, amérique, continents

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name North and South America

Español	América
한국어	아메리카 Amerika, 미주 Miju
日本語	アメリカ州 Amerika shū, 米州 Beishū
中文	美洲 Měizhōu, 亞美利加 /亚美利加 Yàměilìjiā, 亞美利加洲 /亚美利加洲 Yàměilìjiā zhōu
हिन्दी	अमेरिका amerikā, अमरीका amrīkā
Kiswahili	Amerika
Português	América, Américas
Français	Amérique, Amériques
Deutsch	Amerika
Italiano	America, Americhe
Ελληνικά	Αμερική Amerikí
Română	America
Русский	Аме́рика Amérika
Tiếng Việt	Châu Mỹ, Mỹ Lợi Gia, Mỹ
العربية	أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā, أَمِيرِكَا ʔamīrikā, أَمْرِيكَة ʔamrīka, أَمْرِيكَتَانِ ʔamrīkatāni, أميريكا
עברית	אָמֶרִיקָה amérika

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@misc{americas_2026,
  title = {Americas},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/americas},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}