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nounNorth 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 1776part of:
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nounNorth America and South America and Central America
Definition that contains america
- lee American general who led the Confederate Armies in the American Civil War (1807-1870)
- jones American naval commander in the American Revolution (1747-1792)
- wilson American Revolutionary leader who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence (1742-1798)
- wayne American general during the American Revolution (1745-1796)
- ling American hakes
- gray American navigator who twice circumnavigated the globe and who discovered the Columbia River (1755-1806)
- davis American statesman; president of the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War (1808-1889)
- ross American seamstress said to have made the first American flag at the request of George Washington (1752-1836)
- mason American Revolutionary leader from Virginia whose objections led to the drafting of the Bill of Rights (1725-1792)
- harvard American philanthropist who left his library and half his estate to the Massachusetts college that now bears his name (1607-1638)