Central America

noun

1. continental North America, S of Mexico, usually considered as comprising Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. 227,933 sq. mi. (590,346 sq. km).

Central America

noun

1. an isthmus joining the continents of North and South America, extending from the S border of Mexico to the NW border of Colombia and consisting of Belize, Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and Panama. Area: about 518 000 sq km (200 000 sq miles)

Central America

1. Region in the southernmost portion of North America , linked to South America by the Isthmus of Panama ; includes Belize, Costa Rica , El Salvador , Guatemala , Honduras , Nicaragua , and Panama.

Notes

The United States government has often taken the position that Central American affairs directly affect American interests. Accordingly, it has often provided financial and military aid to Central American governments and occasionally intervened militarily.

Countries in Central America (except for Belize and Costa Rica) are characterized by unstable governments and very low per capita income .

Other Words From

• Central American noun adjective

Example Sentences

Likewise, Guatemala endured a bloody decades-long civil war after the 1954 coup that also destabilized Central America and has not made the United States look like the “good neighbor” it claims to be.

From Washington Post

A record-breaking Atlantic hurricane season landed a double blow of two hugely destructive storms in Central America.

From Time

Costa Rica on May 26 became the first country in Central America to extend marriage rights to same-sex couples.

From Washington Blade

Hugging Central America’s Caribbean coast, Belize is a destination like no other.

From Outside Online

The show casts a dozen dogs and their owners—or “partners,” as Vonn calls them—on a jet-setting journey around North America, Central America, and Europe.

From Outside Online

They have pushed into just about every other corner of the Caribbean and Central America where airports exist.

From The Daily Beast

Nicaragua is the largest country in Central America, and one of the most bio-diverse and beautiful.

From The Daily Beast

According to Central America Data, it's a $390 million dollar a year industry.

From The Daily Beast

When I was covering the wars in Central America, all of us knew that the archbishop would be killed.

From The Daily Beast

And while Alliegro was on the lam in Central America, Rivera reportedly visited her several times.

From The Daily Beast

Most of my observations are in keeping with Skutch's detailed report of the species in Central America.

From Project Gutenberg

He was a man of talent, and employed by government as charge d'affaire to Central America.

From Project Gutenberg

This variety of cigars, although of excellent flavor, is hardly known outside of Central America.

From Project Gutenberg

They proceeded on their voyage, having obtained the services of an old buccaneer who knew the coast of Central America well.

From Project Gutenberg

They also planted a few colonies along the coast of Central America, but at first these did not thrive.

From Project Gutenberg