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Princeton's WordNet

  1. Central Americanoun

    the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia

  2. Central Americanoun

    the nations of Central America collectively

Wiktionary

  1. Central Americanoun

    The part of the Americas between North America and South America.

ChatGPT

  1. central america

    Central America is a region in the southern part of North America, stretching from the southern border of Mexico to the northwest border of Colombia, in South America. This region includes seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. It is characterized by its Spanish-speaking majority, tropical climate, and diverse geography including mountains, forests, beaches, and volcanoes.

Wikidata

  1. Central America

    Central America is the central geographic region of the Americas. It is the southernmost, isthmian portion of the North American continent, which connects with South America on the southeast. When considered part of the unified continental model, it is considered a subcontinent. Central America consists of seven countries: Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Central America is part of the Mesoamerican biodiversity hotspot, which extends from northern Guatemala through central Panama. It is bordered by Mexico to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the east, the North Pacific Ocean to the west, and Colombia to the south-east. Central America is an area of 524,000 square kilometers, or almost 0.1% of the Earth's surface. As of 2009, its population was estimated at 41,739,000. It has a density of 77 people per square kilometer.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Central America

    territory of fertile tableland sloping gradually to both oceans, occupied chiefly by a number of small republics, lying between Tehuantepec and Panama in N. America; it includes the republics of Guatemala, Honduras, St. Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica, and a few adjoining fractions of territory.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. central america

    Includes the republics of Guatemala, San Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica (which see). They declared their independence September 21, 1821, and separated from the Mexican Confederation July 21, 1823. The states made a treaty of union between themselves March 21, 1847. There has been among them since much anarchy and bloodshed.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of central america in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of central america in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of central america in a Sentence

  1. Yael Schacher:

    The countries in Central America aren't safe to return refugees to, those are refugee-producing countries and they aren't able to receive refugees right now, they don't have the capacity to process asylum seekers.

  2. Bernie Sanders:

    I am very disturbed by reports that the government may commence raids to deport families who have fled here to escape violence in Central America, we need to take steps to protect children and families seeking refuge here, not cast them out. O’Malley said the plan would be.

  3. Ruben Garcia:

    Things in Central America are terrible, people are going to continue to flee because it's just really hard for people to survive right now.

  4. Nancy Pelosi:

    Speaker Wright was a person of deep courage, brilliant eloquence, and complete mastery of the legislative process. Speaker Wright's strong, decisive leadership built an indelible legacy of progress, not only in his beloved state of Texas, but around the world. Wright championed prosperity for every working family, and helped lead the way to peace to Central America.

  5. Mark Egan:

    The game was on a upward spiral anyway, but I do think the Rugby World Cup is giving us huge exposure, japan beating South Africa and the competitiveness of the Tier Two countries is opening us up to a lot of new markets ... we have seen some good growth in Central America, El Salvador, Guatemala, also in Ecuador.


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