North Americans

New World residents

North Americans are people from North America—primarily Canada, the United States, and Mexico, though the continent also includes Central American nations and Caribbean islands.

The term most often refers to Canadians and Americans collectively, especially when distinguishing them from Europeans or South Americans: North Americans consume more energy per capita than any other region.

peoples

Canadians

North American nationality

  • MexicansCitizens of a southern neighbor
  • InuitArctic indigenous people
  • NavajoSouthwestern indigenous people

Cree · Cherokee · Ojibwe · Quebecois · Cajun · Tejanos · First Nations · Indigenous · Alaskans · Hawaiians

culture

Thanksgiving

Autumn gratitude holiday

  • baseballBat-and-ball team sport
  • jazzImprovisational American music genre
  • HollywoodAmerican film industry center

blues · hockey · Broadway · NBA · NFL · maple syrup · rodeo · powwow · Día de los Muertos · country music

geography

United States

North American federal republic

Rocky Mountains · Great Lakes · Mississippi River · Appalachian · Great Plains · Alaska · Hudson Bay · Yukon · Sierra Nevada · Prairies

diversity

melting pot

Cultural fusion place

pluralism · integration · assimilation · demographics · multiracial · cross-cultural · bilingualism · diaspora · heritage · ancestry

Categories
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hemispheric geography

North AmericansSouth Americans

Inhabitants of a southern continent

Latin Americans · Brazilians · Argentines · Chileans · Peruvians

continental identity

North AmericansAsians

Residents of Earth's largest continent

Africans · Europeans · Eurasians · Australians · East Asians

global hemispheric position

North AmericansAustralians

Citizens of the smallest continent

New Zealanders · South Africans

Family

North, American, Americans, America, north, norther, northerly, northern, northerner

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Mostly American · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G