North America

N continent in the Western Hemisphere: c. 9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km); pop. c. 449,000,000

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The northern continent of the Western Hemisphere, extending northward from the Colombia-Panama border and including Central America, Mexico, the islands of the Caribbean Sea, the United States, Canada, the Arctic Archipelago, and Greenland.

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