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Definition of South American country
1. Noun. Any one of the countries occupying the South American continent.
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Specialized synonyms: Argentina, Argentine Republic, Chile, Republic Of Chile, Colombia, Republic Of Colombia, Ecuador, Republic Of Ecuador, Bolivia, Republic Of Bolivia, Brasil, Brazil, Federative Republic Of Brazil, British Guiana, Co-operative Republic Of Guyana, Guyana, Paraguay, Republic Of Paraguay, Peru, Republic Of Peru, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana, Republic Of Suriname, Surinam, Suriname, Uruguay, Republic Of Venezuela, Venezuela
Group relationships: South America
Lexicographical Neighbors of South American Country
Literary usage of South American country
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Chamber's Encyclopaedia: A Dictionary of Universal Knowledge (1888)
"Per», with a proverbial wealth of mineral resources, and a railway system I better
developed than that of almost any other , South American country, ..."
2. Transportation, Commerce, Finance and Taxation by Leo Stanton Rowe (1917)
"Under the regulations of one South American country this crew list must be
surrendered to the customs officers of that country, by whom it is permanently ..."
3. Report of the Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International Arbitration (1906)
"There is no reason why any South American country should have suspicion or distrust
respecting the purposes of the United States. Our Secretaries of State ..."
4. Report of the 1st-22d Annual Lake Mohonk Conference on International (1906)
"There is no reason why any South American country should have suspicion or distrust
respecting the purposes of the United States. Our Secretaries of State ..."
5. The Mineral Deposits of South America by Benjamin LeRoy Miller, Joseph Theophilus Singewald (1919)
"It is in contact with every South American country except Chile and Ecuador.
From north to south it extends 2675 miles and 2691 miles from east to west. ..."