noun
an association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural cooperation
• Syn: ↑OAS
• Hypernyms: ↑world organization, ↑world organisation, ↑international organization, ↑international organisation, ↑global organization
• Member Meronyms:
↑Antigua and Barbuda, ↑Argentina, ↑Argentine Republic, ↑Chile, ↑Republic of Chile, ↑Colombia, ↑Republic of Colombia, ↑Costa Rica, ↑Republic of Costa Rica, ↑Guatemala, ↑Republic of Guatemala, ↑Honduras, ↑Republic of Honduras, ↑El Salvador, ↑Republic of El Salvador, ↑Salvador, ↑Panama, ↑Republic of Panama, ↑Mexico, ↑United Mexican States, ↑Cuba, ↑Republic of Cuba, ↑Haiti, ↑Republic of Haiti, ↑Dominican Republic, ↑Jamaica, ↑Barbados, ↑Trinidad and Tobago, ↑Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, ↑Dominica, ↑Commonwealth of Dominica, ↑Ecuador, ↑Republic of Ecuador, ↑Bahamas, ↑Commonwealth of the Bahamas, ↑Bahama Islands, ↑Bolivia, ↑Republic of Bolivia, ↑Brazil, ↑Federative Republic of Brazil, ↑Brasil, ↑Grenada, ↑Paraguay, ↑Republic of Paraguay, ↑Peru, ↑Republic of Peru, ↑Saint Kitts and Nevis, ↑Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, ↑Saint Christopher-Nevis, ↑St. Christopher-Nevis, ↑St. Kitts and Nevis, ↑Saint Lucia, ↑St. Lucia, ↑Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, ↑St. Vincent and the Grenadines, ↑Suriname, ↑Republic of Suriname, ↑Surinam, ↑Dutch Guiana, ↑Netherlands Guiana, ↑United States, ↑United States of America, ↑America, ↑the States, ↑US, ↑U.S., ↑USA, ↑U.S.A., ↑Uruguay, ↑Venezuela, ↑Republic of Venezuela
Useful english dictionary. 2012.