America

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  America
       n 1: North American republic containing 50 states - 48
            conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in
            northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the
            Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776 [syn: {United
            States}, {United States of America}, {US}, {U.S.}, {USA},


             {U.S.A.}]
       2: North and South America [syn: {the Americas}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "America":
     Africa, Antipodes, Asia, Asia Major, Asia Minor, Australasia,
     Columbia, East, Eastern Hemisphere, Eurasia, Europe, Far East,
     Land of Liberty, Levant, Middle East, Near East, New World,
     Occident, Oceania, Old World, Orient, US, USA, Uncle Sugar,
     United States, West, Western Hemisphere, Yankeeland, continent,
     down under, eastland, landmass, stateside, the States,
     the melting pot, the old country