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CENTRAL AMERICA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The nations of Central America collectively
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Hypernyms ("Central America" is a kind of...):
accumulation; aggregation; assemblage; collection (several things grouped together or considered as a whole)
Meronyms (members of "Central America"):
American (a native or inhabitant of a North American or Central American or South American country)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia
Classified under:
Nouns denoting spatial position
Instance hypernyms:
isthmus (a relatively narrow strip of land (with water on both sides) connecting two larger land areas)
Meronyms (parts of "Central America"):
Central American country; Central American nation (any one of the countries occupying Central America; these countries (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by low per capita income and unstable governments)
Costa Rica; Republic of Costa Rica (a republic in Central America; one of the most politically stable countries in Latin America. In Spanish, Costa Rica means Rich Coast (Costa means Coast, Rica means Rich))
Guatemala; Republic of Guatemala (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; noted for low per capita income and illiteracy; politically unstable)
Belize; British Honduras (a country on the northeastern coast of Central America on the Caribbean; formerly under British control)
Honduras; Republic of Honduras (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; an early center of Mayan culture)
El Salvador; Republic of El Salvador; Salvador (a republic on the Pacific coast of Central America)
Nicaragua; Republic of Nicaragua (a republic in Central America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821)
Meronyms (members of "Central America"):
Central American (a native or inhabitant of Central America)
Holonyms ("Central America" is a part of...):
Latin America (the parts of North America and South America to the south of the United States where Romance languages are spoken)
America (North America and South America and Central America)
North America (a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama)
Context examples:
A country in Central America, bordering both the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, between Costa Rica and Honduras.
(Nicaragua, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the North Pacific Ocean, east of Mexico and west of Belize and Honduras.
(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Guatemala and Nicaragua.
(Honduras, NCI Thesaurus)
A country in Central America, bordering the Caribbean Sea, between Honduras and Belize and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between El Salvador and Mexico.
(Guatemala, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
According to a 2014 report by the Global Asthma Network, the highest health burden of asthma — with around 20 per cent of 13-14-year-olds affected — is in the poorest regions of Central America and South-East Asia, although the authors admit that underreporting in African countries might skew the picture.
(Smoother walls healthier for lungs, SciDev.Net)
But,with the new LiDAR-based evidence from Central America and Cambodia's Angkor Wat, we now have to consider that complex societies may have formed in the tropics and made their way outward from there.
(Hidden Mayan Civilization Revealed in Guatemala Jungle, VOA)
