Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (2)
1.
a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama;
2.
the nations of the South American continent collectively;
- Example: "South America is an important market for goods from the United States"
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
South America
n 1: a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North
America by the Isthmus of Panama
2: the nations of the South American continent collectively;
"South America is an important market for goods from the
United States"