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Americas

The Americas, sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America and South America. When viewed as a single continent, the Americas are the second largest continent by area after Asia and the third largest continent by population. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and…

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Area
42,549,000 km2 (16,428,000 sq mi)
Countries
35
Demonym
American (see usage)
Dependencies
23
Languages
Spanish, English, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Quechua, Guaraní, Aymara, Nahuatl, Dutch, and many others
Largest cities
1. São Paulo · 2. Lima · 3. Mexico City · 4. New York City · 5. Bogotá

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Etymology and naming

Terminology

History

Geography

Countries and territories

Economy

Demographics

Culture

Multinational organizations

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Americas

Nodes444
Edges443
Triples404
Avg. degree2
Density0.004505
Components1

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related to Religion · 37
Americas → About, Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Canada's, Canadian, Canadians, Catholic Latin America, Christian, Christianity, Christians, Eastern Orthodoxy, Evangelical, Found, Greenland, Irreligion, Islam, It, Jewish, Judaism
related to English · 29
Americas → America, American, Americans, ANOC, Association, English, For, In Canada, Mencken, Most Canadians, National Olympic Committees, New World, New Worlder, Norteamericano, North America, Olympic, Pan-American, Panama, Paris, Some
related to Large-scale European colonization · 29
Americas → Although, American, August, Ayllón, Caribbean Basin, Central America, Christopher Columbus, Conquistador Lucas Vázquez, During, English, European, Florida, French, Guadalupe, Guzmán, Hispaniola, La Isabela, On, Pacific, Panama City
related to Ethnology · 28
Americas → African, Amerindian, Amerindians, Asians, Cafuzos, Canada, Dutch, East Asian, English, European, French, German, Indigenous, Inuit-Yupik-Unangan, Irish, Italian, Mestizos, Mulattoes, Métis, Portuguese
related to Pre-Columbian era · 28
Americas → American, Andean, Aztec, Cañari, Chavín, Christian, Columbian, Early Modern, European, Europeans, However, Inca, Many, Maya, Mesoamerica, Mixtec, Moche, Muisca, Olmec, Only
related to Multinational organizations · 27
Americas → AgreementLatin American Parliament, Alliance, American ParliamentCommunity, American StatesOrganisation, AmericasCaribbean CommunityCARICOM Single Market, AmericasLatin American Free Trade, AmericasSummit, AmericasUnion, Area, Canada AgreementYOA Orchestra, Caribbean StatesBank, Caribbean StatesContadora GroupFree Trade, CultureAndean Community, Eastern Caribbean StatesOrganization, EconomyCentral American Common MarketCentral, GroupSchool, Ibero-American StatesPacific AlliancePan American, Latin American, MercosulNorth Atlantic Treaty OrganizationOrganization, Mexico
related to Languages · 26
Americas → Anglo-America, Aymara, Belize, Brazil, Creole, Dutch, English, English-speaking, European, French, French Guiana, Guaraní, Guyana, Haiti, Haitian Creole, Latin America, Nahuatl, Native, Portuguese, Quechua
related to Hydrology · 25
Americas → Appalachian, Appalachian Mountains, Atlantic Ocean, Canadian, Churchill River, Colorado, Columbia, Fraser, Great Plains, Hudson, Hudson Bay, In North America, Mississippi, Missouri, North America, On, Rocky, Sacramento, Saint John, Savannah
related to Topography · 25
Americas → Aconcagua, Alabama, Alaska, American Cordillera, Andes, Appalachian Mountains, Appalachians, Arctic Cordillera, Argentina, Canada, Cascade Range, Colorado, In North America, Mount McKinley, Newfoundland, North, North America, North America Denali, North American Cordillera, Rocky Mountains
related to Extent · 22
Americas → Alaska, Alaskan, Antarctic, Attu Island, Boothia Peninsula, Brazil, Canada, Cape Froward, Chilean Patagonia, Earth, Earth's Western Hemisphere, Greenland, Islet, Kaffeklubben Island, Murchison Promontory, Nordostrundingen, Ponta, Seixas, Seward Peninsula, Southern Thule

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america united states north canada largest south spanish american mexico brazil population latin english new world languages argentina european continent

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
AmericasArea42,549,000 km2 (16,428,000 sq mi)1.00infobox
AmericasCountries351.00infobox
AmericasDemonymAmerican (see usage)1.00infobox
AmericasDependencies231.00infobox
AmericasLanguagesSpanish, English, Portuguese, French, Haitian Creole, Quechua, Guaraní, Aymara, Nahuatl, Dutch, and many others1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities1. São Paulo1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities2. Lima1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities3. Mexico City1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities4. New York City1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities5. Bogotá1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities6. Rio de Janeiro1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities7. Santiago1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities8. Los Angeles1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities9. Caracas1.00infobox
AmericasLargest cities10. Buenos Aires1.00infobox
AmericasPopulation1.02 billion1.00infobox
AmericasPopulation density22.67/km2 (58.74/sq mi)1.00infobox
AmericasTime zonesUTC−10 to UTC+01.00infobox
AmericasUN M49 code019 – Americas 001 – World1.00infobox
Americasis aworld's longest north-to-south landmass0.90text

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