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America

14 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. America
  2. America Firster
  3. Afro-America
  4. Confederate States of America
  5. Middle America
  6. British America
  7. Central America
  8. Homestead National Monument of America
  9. Latin America
  10. North America
  11. South America
  12. Spanish America
  13. United States of America
  14. all-American

Amer·i·ca

geographical name \ə-ˈmer-ə-kə, -ˈme-rə-\

Definition of AMERICA

1
either continent (North America or S. America) of the western hemisphere
2
or the Amer·i·cas \-kəz\ the lands of the western hemisphere including North, Central, & S. America & the W. Indies
3
united states of america

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