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Anglo-America
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Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is the main language and British culture and the British Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact. This includes the United States, most of Canada, and some Caribbean countries. Anglo-America is distinct from Latin America, a region of the Americas where Romance languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, and French) are prevalent. The adjective is commonly used, for instance, in the phrase "Anglo-American law", a concept roughly coterminous with common law.
Key facts
- Continent.title
- Anglo-America
- Continent.image
- File:Anglo-America (centered orthographic projection).svg
- Continent.area
- (area excludes Quebec and Inuit Nunangat)
- Continent.population
- 348,006,606 (population excludes Quebec and Inuit Nunangat)
- Continent.demonym
- Anglo-American
- Continent.languages
- English
- Continent.time
- UTC−03:30 to UTC-10
- Continent.cities
- List of cities in North America, cities in Guyana
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Geographic region
- Ethnic groups
- Economy
- See also
- References
Anglo-America most often refers to a region in the Americas in which English is the main language and British culture and the British Empire have had significant historical, ethnic, linguistic, and cultural impact. This includes the United States, most of Canada, and some Caribbean countries. Anglo-America is distinct from Latin America, a region of the Americas where Romance languages (e.g., Spanish, Portuguese, and French) are prevalent. The adjective is commonly used, for instance, in the phrase "Anglo-American law", a concept roughly coterminous with common law.
== Geographic region == While Canada is one of the two principal Anglo-American countries, the province of Quebec and the region of Inuit Nunangat both have non-English speaking majorities, and for this reason they are excluded from Anglo-America. Sint Eustatius, Sint Maarten, and Saba are also not typically included in Anglo-America, despite their English-speaking majorities, because they are constituent countries or public bodies that form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Anglo-America” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.