america

1. 1.

   North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776

   SynonymsUnited StatesUnited States of Americathe StatesUSU.S.USAU.S.A.

   BroaderNorth American country

   NarrowerUnion

   Part ofNorth AmericaNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationOrganization of American States

   PartsEastMidwestPacific NorthwestAmerican stateWestColony
2. 2.

   North America and South America and Central America

   Broaderland

   PartsCentral AmericaNorth AmericaSouth America

Other forms of america

plural

americas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about america

What does america mean?

america means "North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in america?

america has 4 syllables: a-mer-i-ca. The stress falls on "mer". In IPA it is /əˈmɛɹəkə/.

What is another word for america?

Close synonyms include United States, United States of America, the States, US, U.S.. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is america a common word?

america is banded "Core" — among the few thousand words that carry most english. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.