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Definition of North american nation
1. Noun. Any country on the North American continent.
Generic synonyms: Country, Land, State
Specialized synonyms: Central American Country, Central American Nation
Specialized synonyms: Mexico, United Mexican States, Canada, America, The States, U.s., U.s.a., United States, United States Of America, Us, Usa
Group relationships: North America
Lexicographical Neighbors of North American Nation
Literary usage of North american nation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Republic of El Salvador Against the Republic of Nicaragua: Opinion and by Corte de Justicia Centroamericana, El Salvador, Nicaragua (1917)
"... manifest contradiction of the positions taken by other nations, for instance,
the North American nation, through the medium of its national legislature; ..."
2. Problems in Pan Americanism by Samuel Guy Inman (1921)
"upon the continent whereby the North American nation can be attacked in her vital
interests. All that makes for weakness or for strength in us does the same ..."
3. Problems in Pan Americanism by Samuel Guy Inman (1921)
"upon the continent whereby the North American nation can be attacked in her vital
interests. All that makes for weakness or for strength in us does the same ..."
4. Report of the Philippine Commission to the President by United States Philippine Commission, Jacob Gould Schurman, George Dewey, Elwell Stephen Otis, Charles Denby, Dean Conant Worcester (1900)
"... makes known to the Commission that it has not yet lost its confidence in the
friendship, justice, and magnanimity of the North American nation. ..."
5. Speech of Hon. George F. Hoar ... in the Senate of the United States, April by George Frisbie Hoar (1900)
"It is true that my government has not been acknowledged by any of the foreign
powers, but we expected that the great North American nation, whieh struggled ..."
6. Autobiography of George Dewey: Admiral of the Navy by George Dewey (1913)
"The great North American nation, the cradle of genuine liberty, and therefore
the friend of our people, oppressed and enslaved by the tyranny and despotism ..."
7. Enquiry Into the Validity of the British Claim to a Right of Visitation and by Henry Wheaton (1842)
"... in Europe as to the principles asserted, and the conduct observed by the North
American nation and its rulers in respect to the African slave-trade. ..."
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