Added 4 October 2026 america noun Categories: PlacesNatureEveryday Words noun ! Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about america at Wordnik → Where our words come from → North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean; achieved independence in 1776. North America and South America and Central America. Related Words: usausamericanstatesamericanaamerikainter-americanlatinolatina Back to today's word