central american

1. 1.

   a native or inhabitant of Central America

   BroaderNorth American

   NarrowerCosta RicanGuatemalanHonduranMexicanNicaraguanPanamanian

   Part ofCentral America

1. 1.

   of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages

Questions about central american

What does central american mean?

central american means "a native or inhabitant of Central America". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

Is central american a common word?

central american is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.