North American

English

Adjective

North American (not comparable)

  1. Of or relating to North America.
    • 2025 February 1, Kevin Liptak, “With stiff tariffs he promised now in place, Trump opens a new trade war”, in CNN[1]:
      Saturday’s tariffs are unlikely to be Trump’s last. The president said himself said in the Oval Office that additional tariffs could come by mid-February on chips, pharmaceuticals, steel, aluminum, copper, oil and gas imports – along with tariffs on the European Union – all threats that few would discount given his willingness to follow through on the North American and China tariffs on Saturday.
  2. (US, Canada) Of or relating to Northern America.
  3. (nonstandard, dated) Of or relating to the United States of America.
    • 1941 June 21, Adolf Hitler, Adolf Hitler's Letter to Benito Mussolini Explaining the Invasion of the Soviet Union[2]:
      Behind these two countries stands the North American Union goading them on and watchfully waiting.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

North American (plural North Americans)

  1. A person living in or originating from North America.
  2. (US, Canada) A person living in or originating from Northern America.
  3. (nonstandard) A person living in or originating from the United States of America.

Translations