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English
Pronunciation
Proper noun
South America
- The continent that is the southern part of the Americas. It is east of the Pacific Ocean, west of the Atlantic Ocean, south of North America and north of Antarctica.
Translations
continent that is the southern part of the Americas
- Abkhaz: Аладатәи Америка (Aladatʷʼi Amerikʼa)
- Adyghe: Къыблэ Америкэ (Qəblɛ Amerikɛ)
- Afrikaans: Suid-Amerika
- Akan: Amerika Apueɛ
- Albanian: Amerikë Jugore f, Amerika Jugore f (definite)
- Amharic: ደቡብ አሜሪካ (däbub ʾämerika)
- Arabic: أَمْرِيكَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة (ar) f (ʔamrīkā l-janūbiyya) (definite), أَمِيرِكَا الْجَنُوبِيَّة f (ʔamīrikā l-janūbiyya) (definite)
- Egyptian Arabic: امريكا الجنوبيه f (definite)
- South Levantine Arabic: أميركا الجنوبية f (ʔamērka l-junūbiyye) (definite)
- Armenian: Հարավային Ամերիկա (Haravayin Amerika)
- Assamese: দক্ষিণ আমেৰিকা (dokhin amerika)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܬܲܝܡܵܢ ܐܵܡܵܝܪܟܵܐ f (Tayman Amayrka)
- Azerbaijani: Cənubi Amerika (az)
- Bashkir: Көньяҡ Америка (Könʹyaq Amerika)
- Bavarian: Siidamerika n
- Belarusian: Паўднёвая Аме́рыка f (Paŭdnjóvaja Amjéryka)
- Bengali: দক্ষিণ মার্কিন (dokkhin markin)
- Bulgarian: Ю́жна Аме́рика f (Júžna Amérika)
- Burmese: တောင်အမေရိက (taung-a.meri.ka.)
- Buryat: Урда Америкэ (Urda Amjerike)
- Carpathian Rusyn: Ю́жна Аме́рика f (Júžna Améryka)
- Catalan: Amèrica del Sud (ca) f
- Chechen: Къилба Америка (Qʼilba Amerika)
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 南美 (naam4 mei5), 南美洲 (naam4 mei5 zau1)
- Hokkien: 南美 (Lâm-bí), 南美洲 (Lâm-bí-chiu)
- Mandarin: 南美 (zh) (Nán Měi), 南美洲 (zh) (Nán Měizhōu), 南亞美利加 / 南亚美利加 (Nán yàměilìjiā)
- Chuvash: Кӑнтӑр Америка (Kănt̬ăr Amerik̬a)
- Corsican: America meridiunale f, America di u Sudu f
- Ajaccian: America miridiunali f
- Crimean Tatar: Cenübiy Amerika
- Czech: Jižní Amerika (cs) f
- Danish: Sydamerika (da) n
- Dutch: Zuid-Amerika (nl) n
- Esperanto: Sudameriko (eo)
- Estonian: Lõuna-Ameerika
- Faroese: Suðuramerika n
- Finnish: Etelä-Amerikka (fi)
- French: Amérique du Sud (fr) f
- Galician: América do Sur (gl)
- Georgian: სამხრეთი ამერიკა (samxreti ameriḳa)
- German: Südamerika (de) n
- Greek: Νότια Αμερική (el) f (Nótia Amerikí)
- Gujarati: દક્ષિણ અમેરિકા (dakṣiṇ amerikā)
- Haitian Creole: Amerik disid
- Haryanvi: दखिण्यामरेख्या (dakhiṇyāmrekhyā)
- Hawaiian: ʻAmelika Hema
- Hebrew: אָמֶרִיקָה הַדְּרוֹמִית (he) f (amérika ha-dromít) (definite), דְּרוֹם אָמֶרִיקָה f (drom amérika)
- Hindi: दक्षिण अमेरिका (hi) m (dakṣiṇ amerikā), दक्षिण अमरीका m (dakṣiṇ amrīkā)
- Hungarian: Dél-Amerika (hu)
- Icelandic: Suður-Ameríka (is) f
- Ido: Sud-Amerika (io)
- Indonesian: Amerika Selatan (id)
- Irish: Meiriceá Theas m
- Italian: Sudamerica f, America del sud f, America meridionale f
- Japanese: 南アメリカ (ja) (Minami Amerika), 南米 (ja) (なんべい, Nanbei)
- Kannada: ದಕ್ಷಿಣ ಅಮೇರಿಕ (kn) (dakṣiṇa amērika)
- Kashubian: Pôłniowô Amerika f
- Kazakh: Оңтүстік Америка (kk) (Oñtüstık Amerika)
- Khmer: អាមេរិកខាងត្បូង (ʼaameirɨk khaang tboung)
- Korean: 남미(南美) (ko) (Nammi), 남아메리카 (ko) (Namamerika)
- Kurdish:
- Northern Kurdish: Amerîkaya Başûr (ku)
- Kyrgyz: Түштүк Америка (ky) (Tüştük Amerika)
- Lao: ອາເມລິກາໃຕ້ (lo) (ʼā mē li kā tai)
- Latin: America Austrālis f
- Latvian: Dienvidamerika (lv) f
- Lithuanian: Pietų Amerika (lt) f
- Luxembourgish: Südamerika (lb) n
- Macedonian: Јужна Америка f (Južna Amerika)
- Malay: Amerika Selatan (ms)
- Malayalam: തെക്കേ അമേരിക്ക (tekkē amērikka)
- Maltese: L-Amerika t’Isfel f
- Marathi: दक्षिण अमेरिका (dakṣiṇ amerikā)
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: Өмнөд Америк (Ömnöd Amerik)
- Mongolian: ᠡᠮᠦᠨᠡ
ᠳ᠋ᠦ
ᠠᠮᠡᠷᠢᠻᠠ (emün-e dü amerika)
- Navajo: Shádiʼááhjí Kéyah dah siʼánígíí
- Nepali: दक्षिण अमेरिका (dakṣiṇ amerikā)
- Norman: Améthique du Sud f (Jersey)
- Northwestern Ojibwa: Niibiwa-mitig-gichi-aki
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: Sør-Amerika (no) n
- Nynorsk: Sør-Amerika (nn) n
- Occitan: America del Sud (oc) f
- Odia: ଦକ୍ଷିଣ ଆମେରିକା (dakshiṇa āmerikā)
- Ossetian: Хуссар Америкӕ (Xussar Amerikæ)
- Pashto: سويلي امریکا f (soeli amrikā)
- Persian:
- Dari: اَمْرِیکَایِ جَنُوبِی (amrīkā-yi janūbī)
- Iranian Persian: آمْریکایِ جُنوبی (âmrikâ-ye jonubi)
- Polish: Ameryka Południowa (pl)
- Portuguese: América do Sul (pt) f
- Punjabi:
- Gurmukhi: ਦੱਖਣੀ ਅਮਰੀਕਾ (dakkhaṇī amarīkā)
- Romanian: America de Sud (ro) f
- Russian: Ю́жная Аме́рика (ru) f (Júžnaja Amérika)
- Sanskrit: दक्षिणीयामरेखिका (dakṣiṇīyāmarekhikā)
- Scots: Sooth Americae
- Scottish Gaelic: Aimeireaga-a-Deas f
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Ју̏жна̄ Амѐрика f
- Roman: Jȕžnā Amèrika (sh) f
- Silesian: Połedniowŏ Ameryka f
- Sinhalese: දකුණු ඇමෙරිකාව (si) (dakuṇu æmerikāwa)
- Slovak: Južná Amerika (sk) f
- Slovene: Južna Amerika f
- Sorbian:
- Lower Sorbian: Pódpołdnjowa Amerika f
- Upper Sorbian: Južna Amerika f
- Sotho: Amerika Borwa
- Spanish: América del Sur (es) f, Sudamérica (es) f, Suramérica (es) f, América Meridional f
- Sranan Tongo: Zuid-Amerika
- Swahili: Amerika ya Kusini
- Swedish: Sydamerika (sv) n
- Tagalog: Timog Amerika
- Tajik: Амрикои Ҷанубӣ (tg) (Amriko-yi Janubi)
- Tamil: தென் அமெரிக்கா (ta) (teṉ amerikkā)
- Tatar: Көньяк Америка (Kön’yak Amerika)
- Telugu: దక్షిణ అమెరికా (te) (dakṣiṇa amerikā)
- Thai: อเมริกาใต้ (à-mee-rí-gaa-dtâai)
- Tigrinya: ደቡብ ኣመሪካ (däbub ʾamärika)
- Turkish: Güney Amerika (tr)
- Turkmen: Günorta Amerika
- Ukrainian: Півде́нна Аме́рика (uk) f (Pivdénna Améryka)
- Urdu: جُنُوبی اَمْرِیکَہ m (junūbī amrīka), جَنُوبی اَمْرِیکَہ m (janūbī amrīka)
- Uyghur: جەنۇبىي ئامېرىكا (jenubiy amërika)
- Uzbek: Janubiy Amerika (uz)
- Vietnamese: Nam Mỹ (vi) (南美)
- Volapük: Sulüda-Merop (vo)
- Welsh: De America (cy) f
- West Frisian: Súd-Amearika n
- Yakut: Соҕуруу Америка (Soğuruu Amerika)
- Yiddish: דרום אַמעריקע f (dorem amerike)
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See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America, (Category: en:Continents)
- (countries of South America) country of South America; Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela
- (territories of South America) territory of South America; Falkland Islands, French Guiana, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
Further reading
Anagrams
South America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 