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ID: 7029440
 

Record Type: physical
Hierarchy of North America (general region)  North America (general region)

Note: Within the logic of the TGN thesaurus, the nations of North America are linked to the continent called "North and Central America."

Names:
North America (preferred,C,V,English-P,U,N)
Norteamérica (C,V,Spanish-P,U,N)
America, North (C,V)
Amérique du Nord (C,O,French-P,U,N)
Noord-Amerika (C,O,Dutch-P,U,N)
Nordamerika (C,O,German,U,N)
N. America (C,O)
North American (C,V,English,U,A)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of North and Central America (continent)  ....  North and Central America (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of North America (general region)  ........  North America (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)
subcontinent (C)

Sources and Contributors:
America, North..........  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
Amérique du Nord..........  [BHA]
.............................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
.............................  Cassell's French Dictionary (1981)
N. America..........  [FDA]
.......................  FDA Worksheet
Noord-Amerika..........  [VP]
..........................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 2/513
Nordamerika..........  [VP]
.......................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 444
Norteamérica..........  [VP]
.......................  Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 895
North America..........  [BHA, FDA]
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..........................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 856
North American..........  [VP]
.............................  OED2 on CD-ROM (1994)
Subject: .....  [BHA, FDA, VP]
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Cassell's French Dictionary (1981)
..................  Cassell's German Dictionary (1982) 444
..................  Cassell's Spanish Dictionary (1978) 895
..................  Engels Woordenboek (1987) 2/513
..................  FDA Worksheet
..................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
..................  OED2 on CD-ROM (1994)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988) 856
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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