North American
Encyclopedia
North American generally refers to an entity, people, group, or attribute of North America
, especially of the United States and Canada together.
North America
North America is a continent wholly within the Northern Hemisphere and almost wholly within the Western Hemisphere. It is also considered a northern subcontinent of the Americas...
, especially of the United States and Canada together.
Culture
- North American EnglishNorth American EnglishNorth American English is the variety of the English language of North America, including that of the United States and Canada. Because of their shared histories and the similarities between the pronunciation, vocabulary and accent of American English and Canadian English, the two spoken languages...
, a collective term used to describe American English and Canadian English
Institutions
- North American AviationNorth American AviationNorth American Aviation was a major US aerospace manufacturer, responsible for a number of historic aircraft, including the T-6 Texan trainer, the P-51 Mustang fighter, the B-25 Mitchell bomber, the F-86 Sabre jet fighter, the X-15 rocket plane, and the XB-70, as well as Apollo Command and Service...
, Inc., an aircraft manufacturer from 1928 to 1967 commonly referred to as "North American" - North American CompanyNorth American CompanyThe North American Company was a holding company incorporated in New Jersey on June 14, 1890, and controlled by Henry Villard, to succeed to the assets and property of the Oregon and Transcontinental Company...
, a former holding company for public utilities broken up in the 1940s - North American AirlinesNorth American AirlinesNorth American Airlines, Inc. is an American airline with its headquarters in Building 141 on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport in Jamaica, Queens, New York City, USA. Prior to May 2008, it operated scheduled international services from the USA to Africa and Guyana. Today, it...
, an airline based in New York, NY - North American Division of Seventh-day AdventistsNorth American Division of Seventh-day AdventistsThe Seventh-day Adventist Church in the United States, Canada, and Bermuda is officially organized as the North American Division of Seventh-day Adventists...
, a subdivision of the Adventist World Church comprising the United States, Canada and Bermuda
See also
- Northern American (disambiguation)
- Northern America (disambiguation)Northern America (disambiguation)Northern America may refer to:*Northern America, a northerly region of the Americas.* An English translation of Mexico's first official name , so entitled in the Solemn Act of the Declaration of Independence of Northern America — see Toponymy of Mexico.*Northern United States, a region of the lower...
- Northern United StatesNorthern United StatesNorthern United States, also sometimes the North, may refer to:* A particular grouping of states or regions of the United States of America. The United States Census Bureau divides some of the northernmost United States into the Midwest Region and the Northeast Region...
- SS North AmericanSS North AmericanSS North American was a Great Lakes steamboat built by the Great Lakes Engineering Works at Ecorse, Michigan in 1913 for the Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company...