(place) by moscow Fri Aug 11 2000 at 15:32:01
This is generally used as a "vagueism" where one does not wish to be specific about the USA or Canada.

Specifically, it refers to the continent of North America - for example in NAFTA - the North American Free Trade Agreement, and also includes Mexico.

cf. Australasian

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