Amérika (buana)

Amérika, atawa Buana Amérika,Marjorie Fee and Janice MacAlpine, Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (2008) page 36 says "In Canada, American is used almost exclusively in reference to the United States and its citizens." Others, including The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, The Australian Oxford Dictionary and The Concise Oxford English Dictionary all specify both the Americas and the United States in their definition of "American"."America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language (ISBN 0-19-214183-X). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of Americus, the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..." ogé dipikawanoh minangka Lebahan Kulon.

United States Department of State, Bureau of Western Hemisphere Affairs, at http://www.state.gov/p/wha/index.htm jeung Dunya Anyar, nyaéta gabungan daratan buana Amérika Kalér jeung buana Amérika Kidul.Webster's New World College Dictionary, 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio."continent n. 5. a." (1989) Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition. Oxford University Press ; "continent1 n." (2006) The Concise Oxford English Dictionary, 11th edition revised. (Ed.) Catherine Soanes and Angus Stevenson. Oxford University Press; "continent1 n." (2005) The New Oxford American Dictionary, 2nd edition. (Ed.) Erin McKean. Oxford University Press; "continent [2, n] 4 a" (1996) Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. ProQuest Information and Learning ; "continent" (2007) Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 January 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online. Amérika mangrupa buana kadua panggedéna nu aya di marcapada. Sacara astronomis, buana ieu perenahna di antara ± 80 ° N - 56 ° S jeung ± 170 ° W - 36 ° W.Benua Amerika Bentuk wilayahna anu manjang ieu saolah-olah nyambungkeun wewengkon Kutub Kalér jeung Kutub Kidul. Lega wilayah daratna nepika ± 41.825.581 km², atawa kurang leuwih 28,1% lega wilayah sakabéh dunya jeung wates-wates di handap ieu:
Beulah Kalér wawatesan jeung Laut Arktik jeung wewengkon Kutub Utara.
Beulah wétan diwatesan ku Samudra Atlantik.
Kulon jeung kidul diwatesan ku Samudra Pasifik.
Kaayaan fisik
Sacara géografis, Benua Amérika bisa dibagi jadi tilu wilayah, nyaéta Amérika Kalér, Amérika Tengah, jeung Amérika Kidul. Wewengkon katilu mibanda karakteristik anu béda ti saban séjénna.
Iklim:
Wilayah Benua Amérika anu anu boga sifat meridian matak ngajadikeun buana ieu mibanda sagala rupa iklim panonpoé di handap ieu:
Iklim tropis: aya di Amérika Kidul, husus di wewengkon lembah Amazon (Brazil).
Iklim subtropis: aya di Amérika Sarikat (Amérika Kalér) jeung di wewengkon Argentina (Amérika Kidul).
Iklim tiis: aya di Sumatera, nyaéta di Alaska (USA) jeung Kanada kalér.

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Benua Amérika munggaran kapanggih ku penjelajah Éropa ngaranna Christopher Columbus dina taun 1492 nu badarat di pulo San Salvador bagian tina kapuloan Bahamas.Benua Amerika: Keadaan Alam, Penduduk, & Daftar Negara  Penjelajah séjén anu miluan ngapopulerkeun benua anyar ka buana Éropa nyaéta Amerigo Vespuci nu mangrupa priyayi ti Italia. Pikeun ngenang Amerigo jasa Vespuci mangka ngarana diabadikeun minangka ngaran buana anyar Amérika.

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