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North American en · ADJ

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Of or relating to North America.
    • Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday. 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN:
  2. (Canada, US, not-comparable) Of or relating to Northern America.
  3. (dated, nonstandard, not-comparable) Of or relating to the United States of America.
    • Behind these two countries stands the North American Union goading them on and watchfully waiting. 1941 June 21, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler's Letter to Benito Mussolini Explaining the Invasion of the Soviet Union:

Deriveds

North American ringtail · North American bison · North American Union · North American wheel bug · North American buffalo · North American robin · North American States

Translations (35)

ro nord-american (relating to North America) · sh сјеверноамѐричкӣ (relating to North America) · it nordamericano (relating to North America) · io Nord-Amerikala (relating to North America) · cs severoamerický (relating to North America) · sk severoamerický (relating to North America) · he צפון אמריקאי (relating to North America) · nn nordamerikansk (relating to North America) · es norteamericano (relating to North America) · sh severnoamèričkī (relating to North America) · sh sjevernoamèričkī (relating to North America) · hi उत्तर अमरीकी (relating to North America) · uk північноамерика́нський (relating to North America) · sh северноамѐричкӣ (relating to North America) · nl Noord-Amerikaans (relating to North America) · be паўночнаамерыка́нскі (relating to North America) · fi pohjoisamerikkalainen (relating to North America) · de nordamerikanisch (relating to North America) · hu észak-amerikai (relating to North America) · fr nord-américain (relating to North America) · gl norteamericano (relating to North America) · pl północnoamerykański (relating to North America) · mk северноамерикански (relating to North America) · ta வட அமெரிக்க (relating to North America) · sv nordamerikansk (relating to North America) · pt norte-americano (relating to North America) · he צפון אמריקני (relating to North America) · ru североамерика́нский (relating to North America) · nb nordamerikansk (relating to North America) · bg североамерика́нски (relating to North America) · sl severnoameriški (relating to North America) · ca nord-americà (relating to North America) · ka ჩრდილოამერიკული (relating to North America) · bg северноамерика́нски (relating to North America) · da nordamerikansk (relating to North America)

North American en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio

Meanings

  1. A person living in or originating from North America.
  2. (Canada, US) A person living in or originating from Northern America.
  3. (nonstandard) A person living in or originating from the United States of America.

Forms

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North Americans Number=Plur lexicographic

Hypernyms

person · inhabitant

Hyponyms

Barbadian · Bajan · Antiguan · Tobagonian · Aruban · Mexican · Nicaraguan · Salvadorian · Honduran · One of a country or nation within North America · Cuban · One of a country or nation within the Caribbean · American · Turks and Caicos Islander · Jamaican · Central American · One of a dependency within North America · Cayman Islander · Haitian · Dominican · One of a country or nation within Central America · Anguillan · Greenlander · Saint Vincentian · Salvadorean · Costa Rican · Kittsian · Vincentian · West Indian · Antillean · Saint Lucian · Canadian · Trinidadian · Virgin Islander · Montserratian · Bahamian · Puerto Rican · Belizean · Panamanian · Cubana · Guatemalan · One of a supernational region within North America · Caribbean · Grenadan · Bermudian

Synonyms

North American

Translations (23)

pt norte-americano (North American person) · ka ჩრდილოამერიკელი (North American person) · gl norteamericano (North American person) · nl Noord-Amerikaanse (North American person) · tr Kuzey Amerikalı (North American person) · nl Noord-Amerikaan (North American person) · it nordamericano (North American person) · ro nord-american (North American person) · fi pohjoisamerikkalainen (North American person) · hi उत्तर अमरीकी (North American person) · es norteamericano (North American person) · ru североамерика́нец (North American person) · cs Severoameričan (North American person) · ca nord-americà (North American person) · de Nordamerikaner (North American person) · hu észak-amerikai (North American person) · ro nord-americancă (North American person) · de Nordamerikanerin (North American person) · ru североамерика́нка (North American person) · fr nord-américain (North American person) · gl norteamericana (North American person) · sv nordamerikan (North American person) · io Nord-Amerikano (North American person)