Definition of Central American

1. Adjective. Of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages.

Partainyms: Central America

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Central America.
Group relationships: Central America
Specialized synonyms: Costa Rican, Guatemalan, Honduran, Mexican, Nicaraguan, Panamanian
Generic synonyms: North American

Definition of Central American

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Central America ¹

2. Noun. A native or inhabitant of Central America ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Central American

Centaurium minus
Centaurium scilloides
Centaurs
Centaurus
Centennial State
Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Center of the Universe
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Centigrade thermometer
Central Africa
Central African
Central African Republic
Central African Republic franc
Central Africans
Central America
Central American
Central American country
Central American nation
Central American strap fern
Central Americans
Central Asia
Central Atlas Tamazight
Central Canada
Central Dravidian
Central Europe
Central European
Central European Time
Central European tick-borne encephalitis virus
Central European tick-borne fever
Central Europeans

Literary usage of Central American

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1917)
"... Central American COURT OF JUSTICE. Note regarding protest of Nicaragua against decision involving treaty with United States granting canal rights, ..."

2. The Five Republics of Central America: Their Political and Economic by Dana Gardner Munro (1918)
"... CHAPTER II Central American POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS Early Political History of the Isthmus—Difficulty of Establishing a Stable Government—Annexation to ..."

3. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"to make, I can only express my conviction that, while this Government has un undoubted interest in the assimilation of the aims of the Central American ..."

4. Latin America and the United States: Addresses by Elihu Root (1917)
"EXCELLENCIES: The plenipotentiaries of the five Central American republics of ... A convention for the establishment of a Central American court of justice. ..."

5. The Overland Monthly by Bret Harte (1875)
"GLIMPSE AT A Central American REPUBLIC. IN TWO PARTS. —PART I. THOUGH the commercial transactions between California and the Central American States are by ..."

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