Central America
Speech parts
1. Central America - Noun
2. Central America - Proper noun
Meaning
the nations of Central America collectively
the isthmus joining North America and South America; extends from the southern border of Mexico to the northern border of Colombia
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Examples
I loved every place I lived and traveled. London, Paris, Rome, Venice. I fell hard for Central America and Mexico. In each country, I had fantasies that I could live there.
Costa Rica, with its tourist-based economy and lack of a national army, has focused on keeping safe its beaches, parks and other public draws. It is one if the safest countries in Central America based on the number of homicides.
We do control the destinies of Central America and we do so for the simple reason that the national interest absolutely dictates such a course.
Until now, Central America has always understood that governments that we recognize and support stay in power, while those we do not recognize and support, fall.
It wasn't so long ago that Europeans were able to put aside their similarities and fight each other to the death over matters of religion or national honor. The same has always been true of the peoples of Asia and Africa and Central America.
Perez Brignoli, Hector. A Brief History of Central America. Translated by Ricardo B. Sawrey and Susana Strettridi Sawrey. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1989.