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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by dragonwriter on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:25PM (#38758713)
> It also means the entire _Continent No, it doesn't.

"North America" is the continent the USA is on, and South America is a neighboring continent. There is no continent called "America" alone.

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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by defrost on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:34PM (#38758754)
That depends entirely upon your philosophy Horatio:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent#Number

"Continent" isn't remotely as straightforward as many may think and the teaching on what and what isn't a continent (or counted as such) varies globally.

Different models are taught in different countries.

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Re:Mexico is now the 12th largest economy in the world by AnimalMuppet on Sunday December 24, 2023 @08:36PM (#38758766)
North and South America, together, are called "the Americas", not "America".
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