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North America is a continent in the Earth's northern hemisphere and almost fully in the western hemisphere, 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 24,480,000 km² (9,450,000 sq mi), or about 4.8% of the planet's surface. As of July 2002, its population was estimated at more than 514,000,000. It is the third largest continent in area, after Asia and Africa, and is fourth in population after Asia, Africa, and Europe.

Etymology

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A number of theories exist regarding the naming of North and South America. The most widely recognized is that they are named after Amerigo Vespucci, who was the first European to suggest that the Americas were not the East Indies, but a New World, previously undiscovered by Europeans. The second and less generally accepted is that the continents are named after an English merchant named Richard Amerike from Bristol, who is believed to have financed John Cabot's voyage of discovery from England to Newfoundland in 1497. A third and minutely explored belief that has been advanced is that America was named for a Spanish sailor bearing the ancient Visigothic name of 'Amairick'.

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RT @amyrvancouver: Vancouver has lowest per capita GHG emissions of any major city in North America http://ow.ly/MSvs
kmacura (katja macura) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:26:21 -0000
RT @amyrvancouver: Vancouver has lowest per capita GHG emissions of any major city in North America http://ow.ly/MSvs
@1041pm @neonntiger can i plz be part of TV show? an awesome tv show about hipster girls around north america. with speshul guests ...
imeantheend (~ERICA~) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:20:57 -0000
@1041pm @neonntiger can i plz be part of TV show? an awesome tv show about hipster girls around north america. with speshul guests ...
Game-Sony Console: Playstation Home Beta starts for North America http://forum.techgle.com/showthread.php?t=461493
techgle_game (Game Zone) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:20:06 -0000
Game-Sony Console: Playstation Home Beta starts for North America http://forum.techgle.com/showthread.php?t=461493
@fannylawrenC 對呀! 影姐, North America 年尾真係下下應酬, 同事朋友加親戚, 想食健康 d 都唔得!! 應酬完再o係凍到爆o既天氣下上車回家果下真係..囧
ML_4 (Martin) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:11:33 -0000
@fannylawrenC 對呀! 影姐, North America 年尾真係下下應酬, 同事朋友加親戚, 想食健康 d 都唔得!! 應酬完再o係凍到爆o既天氣下上車回家果下真係..囧
Now that the grading is over, I can start working again on the Indigenous Peoples of North America book I'm writing.
bobmuckle (bob muckle) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:11:00 -0000
Now that the grading is over, I can start working again on the Indigenous Peoples of North America book I'm writing.
@kidfromspace PSHT! In the last 30 years teenage suicide has increased 300% in North America, it's the 2nd major cause of death in Canada.
chelseaprime (chelsea dc) Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:04:08 -0000
@kidfromspace PSHT! In the last 30 years teenage suicide has increased 300% in North America, it's the 2nd major cause of death in Canada.

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