A continent in the southern part of the western hemisphere, astride the equator and the Tropic of Capricorn, bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north and between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans, connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama, and divided into twelve countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.
a continent in the western hemisphere connected to North America by the Isthmus of Panama
the nations of the South American continent collectively; "South America is an important market for goods from the United States"
the nations of the South American continent collectively
