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CENTRAL AMERICAN

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A native or inhabitant of Central America

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Central American" is a kind of...):

North American (a native or inhabitant of North America)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "Central American"):

Costa Rican (a native or inhabitant of Costa Rica)

Guatemalan (a native or inhabitant of Guatemala)

Honduran (a native or inhabitant of Honduras)

Mexican (a native or inhabitant of Mexico)

Nicaraguan (a native or inhabitant of Nicaragua)

Panamanian (a native or inhabitant of Panama)

Holonyms ("Central American" is a member of...):

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

Derivation:

Central American (of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages)

 II. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to or characteristic of Central America or its people or languages

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

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

Derivation:

Central American (a native or inhabitant of Central America)

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