North America

continent in the northern part of the Western Hemisphere

North America is a continent  in the Earth's northern hemisphere and (chiefly) western hemisphere. It is bordered on the north by the Arctic Ocean, on the east by the North Atlantic Ocean, on the southeast by the Caribbean Sea, and on the south and west by the North Pacific Ocean; South America lies to the southeast. It covers an area of about 24,490,000 square kilometers (9,450,000 sq mi), about 4.8 percent of the planet's surface or about 16.4% of its land area. As of October 2006, its population was estimated at over 514,600,000. It is the third-largest continent in area, following Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe. North America and South America are collectively known as the Americas.
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Noun
1. a continent (the third largest) in the western hemisphere connected to South America by the Isthmus of Panama
(hypernym) continent
(part-holonym) western hemisphere, occident, New World
(member-meronym) North American
(part-meronym) North American country, North American nation
(class) Plantation
2. the nations of the North American continent collectively
(hypernym) collection, aggregation, accumulation, assemblage
(member-meronym) American

n. ทวีปอเมริกาเหนือ (syn. America)