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Definition of South America

1. Noun. A continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama.

2. Noun. The nations of the South American continent collectively. "South America is an important market for goods from the United States"

Definition of South America

1. Proper noun. The continent that is the southern part of the Americas. It is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of North America and north of Antarctica. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of South America

Sousa Sousse South South-African yellowwood South-Central Dravidian South Aegean South Africa South African South African Dutch South African English

South African Sign Language South African monetary unit South African tick-bite fever South African type porphyria South Africans South America (current term) South American South American Indian South American bullfrog South American country

South American nation South American poison toad South American sea lion South American staghorn South American trypanosomiasis South Americans South Asia South Atlantic South Australia South Azerbaijan

Literary usage of South America

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

1. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Quar 225:92-110 Ja 46 Missions See Missions—South Africa South America Continent of republics. FE Clark. 11 World Outl 2:24-5 F 46 For all the children of ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"The main drainage system of the central plain in North America is to the south, by the Mississippi ; that in South America is to the east, by the Amazon; ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"Oh these and other Central American lines the traveler will find some of the finest scenery attending railway travel anywhere in North and South America. ..."

4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"South America, a continent the estimated area of which is, ... In reality, then, South America, from the point of view of inhabitants of the United States, ..."

5. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1863)
"But the Spaniards of South America were no less isolated by nature ; yet their position has not relieved them from the charge of standing armies. ..."

6. Journal of Researches Into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries by Charles Darwin (1876)
"Within nearly this same periods (as proved by the shells at Bahia Blanca) South America possessed, as we have just seen, a mastodon, horse, hollow-horned ..."

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