What is another word for Central American?

Pronunciation: [sˈɛntɹə͡l ɐmˈɛɹɪkən] (IPA)

Central America comprises of seven countries - Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama. Often, people need synonyms for the term Central American while writing or speaking about the region. Some alternatives to Central American include Mesoamerican, Isthmian, and Middle American. Mesoamerican refers to the culture and civilization of the indigenous people of Central America. Isthmian is used to describe the narrow piece of land that links North and South America, known as the Isthmus of Panama. Middle American is another term that is widely used to describe the region that lies between North and South America. Whatever the term used, Central American remains a diverse and vibrant region with unique cultures, languages, and traditions.

What are the hypernyms for Central american?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Famous quotes with Central american

  • I made a gym, it's the best gym in Nicaragua, I have kids that this year July 6th through the 11th will be fighting and then will go on to the Central American Games and I'm sure at least one will win a gold medal.
    Alexis Arguello
  • If you consider that a typical Central American consumer earns only a small fraction of an average American worker's wages, it becomes clear that CAFTA's true goal is not to the increase U.S. exports.
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  • I spent 33 years and four months in active military service and during that period I spent most of my time as a high class muscle man for Big Business, for Wall Street and the bankers. In short, I was a racketeer, a gangster for capitalism. I helped make Mexico and especially Tampico safe for American oil interests in 1914. I helped make Haiti and Cuba a decent place for the National City Bank boys to collect revenues in. I helped in the raping of half a dozen Central American republics for the benefit of Wall Street. I helped purify Nicaragua for the International Banking House of Brown Brothers in 1902-1912. I brought light to the Dominican Republic for the American sugar interests in 1916. I helped make Honduras right for the American fruit companies in 1903. In China in 1927 I helped see to it that Standard Oil went on its way unmolested. Looking back on it, I might have given Al Capone a few hints. The best he could do was to operate his racket in three districts. I operated on three continents.
    Smedley Butler
  • The law of 1790 providing that no one could become a citizen of the United States except free Whites was the law until the aftermath of the Civil War added the word "black" or "of African descent" to those who could be naturalized. This last provision should be repealed and the blacks with the South American and Central American Indians put on the same footing as the Orientals.
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