America
[ə'merɪkə] or [ə'mɛrɪkɚ]
Definition
(noun.) North America and South America and Central America.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
High officials should be careful of State affairs, others will do well to look after their own person, for some trouble is at hand after this dream.
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Examples
- Of the numerous other telegraph instruments that have been invented since 1837, that of Mr. Morse is in most general use, especially on the Continent and in America. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
- We have been on the look-out for him, and there was some idea that he had got away to America. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- It is not contrary to justice, that both Ireland and America should contribute towards the discharge of the public debt of Great Britain. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- It was made in America, and he fought the Indian wars and the war of the Revolution with it. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- My uncle Elias emigrated to America when he was a young man and became a planter in Florida, where he was reported to have done very well. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Mirabeau should be printed; and that the president should write a letter of condolence upon the occasion to the Congress of America. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- Monsieur Tarzan sails for America tomorrow. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Scientists in both England and America had realized the possibility of the telegraph before Morse built his first working outfit in his rooms on Washington Square. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Charles Wheatstone of England, and Dr. Siemens of Berlin, and Ladd of America. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- For my part, I should like all Europe and America to hear the rights of it. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The wages of labour, however, are much higher in North America than in any part of England. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The discovery of America, however, certainly made a most essential one. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- There is a great deal of literal truth in that remark, for it has been the peculiar work of Bryan to express in politics some of that emotion which has made America the home of new religions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- As to America, the advantages of such a union to her are not so apparent. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- In America the effects were immediate. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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