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The Americas , also known as America, are the lands of the Western Hemisphere , composed of numerous entities and regions variably defined by geography, politics, and culture:
- South America – the continent and associated islands of the Western Hemisphere and chiefly in the southern hemisphere, lying between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and southeast of North America
- North America – Northern America, Central America (including all of Panama ), and the Caribbean
- ''also'' Middle America – the region including Central America and the Caribbean
- --- , Arkansas , Florida , Georgia , Louisiana , Mississippi , North Carolina , South Carolina , Tennessee , Texas , and Virginia . Their secession precipitated the American Civil War ; upon its conclusion, the Confederate States were reunited with the United States.
- . In 1838, the federation succumbed to Civil War and dissolved.
- Mesoamerica – a region of the Americas extending from central Mexico southeast to Nicaragua, especially in Archaeology as a region where diverse Pre-Columbian civilisations and native cultures flourished
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