Benua Amerika

Benua Amerika
بنوا اميريکا
Kawasan	42,549,000 km2
Penduduk	911,000,000 (anggaran Julai 2008)
Ketumpatan penduduk	21/km2 (55/sq mi)
Negara	35
Bahasa	Bahasa Sepanyol, Bahasa Inggeris, Bahasa Portugis, ; Bahasa Perancis, Bahasa Quechua, Bahasa Kreol Haiti, Bahasa Guaraní, Bahasa Aymara, Bahasa Belanda dan lain-lain
Zon masa	UTC-10 hingga UTC±0

Koordinat: 19°00′N 96°00′W / 19.000°N 96.000°W / 19.000; -96.000

Benua Amerika (Jawi: ‏اميريكا‎code: ms is deprecated ‎, juga Merika ميريكا‎, ميريک‎ atau مريک‎ k. lama.^[1]) merujuk kepada daratan besar antara Lautan Pasifik dan Lautan Atlantik. Benua besar ini umumnya dibahagikan kepada tiga iaitu Amerika Utara, Amerika Tengah dan Amerika Selatan. Benua Amerika juga merangkumi rantau kepulauan Caribbean, Laut Caribbean sekitarnya, serta Tanah Hijau (bukan Iceland).

Benua Amerika juga difahamkan dalam konteks sejarah penjelajahan masyarakat Barat Eropah menerus sebagai "Dunia Baru"^[2] dan ia meliputi 8.3% jumlah luas permukaan bumi (28.4% keluasan tanahnya) dan mengandungi lebih kurang 14% populasi manusia (kira-kira 900 juta orang).

^ Freese, John Henry; Seidel, August (1914). A Malay manual with grammar, reading exercises, and vocabularies. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. m/s. 87.
^ "America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language (ISBN 0-19-214183-X). McArthur, Tom, peny., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, m/s. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of Americus, the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..."

[1] Freese, John Henry; Seidel, August (1914). A Malay manual with grammar, reading exercises, and vocabularies. London: K. Paul, Trench, Trubner & co., ltd. m/s. 87.

[oxfordc-2] "America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language (ISBN 0-19-214183-X). McArthur, Tom, peny., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, m/s. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of Americus, the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English: ... However, the term is open to uncertainties: ..."

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Kawasan	42,549,000 km²
Penduduk	911,000,000 (anggaran Julai 2008)
Ketumpatan penduduk	21/km² (55/sq mi)
Negara	35
Bahasa	Bahasa Sepanyol, Bahasa Inggeris, Bahasa Portugis, Bahasa Perancis, Bahasa Quechua, Bahasa Kreol Haiti, Bahasa Guaraní, Bahasa Aymara, Bahasa Belanda dan lain-lain
Zon masa	UTC-10 hingga UTC±0