The continent that is the northern part of the Americas; that part east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, north of South America and south of the Arctic Ocean
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.North American adj. & n. the third largest continent in the world, consisting of Canada and the United States of America, as well as Mexico, Central America, Greenland, and other smaller islands American. Continent, Western Hemisphere