Americas

Language: en

🇬🇧 /əˈmɛrɪkəz/ 🇺🇸 /əˈmɛrəkəz/

📖 Definitions

  1. noun
    The landmass comprising North America and South America, considered as a single region or continent.; The countries and territories of the Western Hemisphere, including North America, Central America, South America, and the Caribbean.; Used in historical or geographical contexts to refer to the New World as discovered by European explorers.

🔗 Details

Word forms

countable Plural: Americas

Collocations

the AmericasNorth AmericaSouth AmericaCentral AmericaLatin America

Derivatives

AmericanAmericanizeAmericanismAmericanaAmericanization

Synonyms

the New Worldthe Western Hemisphere

Commonly confused

America
EN: 'America' typically refers to the United States of America as a single country; 'the Americas' refers collectively to the continents of North and South America.

Spelling tips

EN: Always capitalized as a proper noun. 'The Americas' always requires the definite article 'the' and is always plural.

💬 Examples

  1. The Americas were home to many advanced civilizations before European contact.

  2. The Organization of American States promotes cooperation among the nations of the Americas.

  3. The colonization of the Americas began in the late 15th century.