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From en.Wikipedia: "North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered
by rodorgas 10y ago
From en.Wikipedia: "North America is a continent entirely within the Northern Hemisphere and almost all within the Western Hemisphere. It can also be considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas."
In most countries (including Brazil), we are taught that America is a single continent and North, Central and South Americas are subcontinents (classical view).[1]
Now I see that people from USA are taught that North America is a single continent, and the reason seems obvious now.
https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-North-and-South-are-a-single-continent-in-some-countries https://www.quora.com/Are-people-taught-that-the-Americas-No...
- tathougies 10y agoThe Americas is the name of the entire continent. For example, you cannot say "I'm going to America" to mean you're going to north or South America but you can say "I'm going to the Americas". This is similar to how you can say "I'm going to the Philippines" but you cannot say "I'm going to phillipines"