America - part of the world, uniting the two continents, North America and South America, as well as nearby islands (including Greenland)This part of the world is also called the New World. America is named, apparently, by the name of Amerigo Vespucci, the Florentine traveler. He, in turn, was baptized in honor of St. Emeric.Usually in this part of the world isolated North America (USA, Canada, Mexico and the islands to the east of them), Latin America (mainland Hispanic, Portuguese-speaking and French-speaking countries), South America (countries of the continent South America), Central America (countries of the North American continent south of Mexico) and the Caribbean (states and colonies in the Caribbean, as the region called the West Indies)Another version: America got its name from Richard's America, a wealthy merchant from Bristol, who financed the second transatlantic expedition [Cabot, John | John Cabot]. Cabot reached the coast of Labrador in 1497 (two years before Vespucci) and named in honor of the newly discovered lands of the main sponsor of the expedition.The word "America" is often used to refer to one of the states of this part of the world - the United States ("US" - means Manufactured in the United States, located in the United States, and so. D.), And the expression "discover America" often means "to inform all known for a long time and clear information. "For the classification of 36 countries and 17 dependent territories of America are adopted OONsistematizatsiey geographical and linguistic basis
