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South America

Definition:
A continent in the southern part of the western hemisphere, astride the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, and divided into twelve countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela. (Source: RHW)
broader terms
Americas
Scope note:
scope note is not available
Groups:
LAND (landscape, geography)
Themes:
geography
Other relations:
Has exact match
AGROVOC: South America
EuroVoc: South America
Wikipedia article
South America
Has close match
UMTHES: Südamerika
Arabic: أمريكا الجنوبية
Basque: Hego Amerika
Bulgarian: Южна Америка
Catalan: Amèrica del Sud (UP: Sud-amèrica)
Chinese: 南美洲
Croatian: Južna Amerika
Czech: Amerika jižní
Danish: Sydamerika
Dutch: Zuid-Amerika
English (US): South America
Estonian: Lõuna-Ameerika
Finnish: Etelä-Amerikka
French: Amérique du Sud
German: Südamerika
Greek: Νότιος Αμερική
Hungarian: Dél-Amerika
Irish: Meiriceá Theas
Italian: America del Sud
Latvian: Dienvidamerika
Lithuanian: Pietų Amerika
Maltese: Amerka t'Isfel
Norwegian: Sør-Amerika
Polish: Ameryka Południowa
Portuguese: América do Sul
Romanian: America de Sud
Russian: Южная Америка
Slovak: Južná Amerika
Slovenian: Južna Amerika
Spanish: América del Sur (UP: Sudamérica)
Turkish: Güney Amerika
Ukrainian: Південна Америка
Concept URL: <http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/7947>