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MakoSipper

I mean, why is the region called South America if it includes countries from Central and North America? Why not "Latin America"?

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Luohan18

Anything south of 'Murica!

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GodHeim

North America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America
Central America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_America
South America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_America

In the list of countries South America doesn't have any outside of... well... South America

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Sooth

East America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Europe
Middle-East America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East
Really Far East America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia
Drunk America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia
Possibly Drunk America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand
Post-Apocalyptic America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctica
Lovecraftian America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan
eg, tentacles, giant monsters, and mindshattering things from the deepest horrors
NOT America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa
Russia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russia

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GodHeim

i forgot about those :P

Outer Space America: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outer_Space_Treaty

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Sooth

It's okay. I had my American Geography textbook nearby to reference :D

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MakoSipper

If you mean the list of Steam's SA, there are quite a few countries from Central and one from North America (Mexico). Check again!

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Buckwild

gaben's logic

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