English > Organization of American States: 1 sense > noun 1, group| Meaning | An association including most countries in the western hemisphere; created in 1948 to promote military and economic and social and cultural / cultural cooperation. |
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| Synonym | OAS |
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| Members | Antigua and Barbuda | A country in the northern Leeward Islands |
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| Argentina, Argentine Republic | A republic in southern South America |
| Bahamas, Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Bahama Islands | island country in the Atlantic to the east of Florida and Cuba |
| Barbados | easternmost of the West Indies about 300 miles to the north of Venezuela |
| Bolivia, Republic of Bolivia | A landlocked republic in central South America |
| Brazil, Federative Republic of Brazil, Brasil | The largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world |
| Chile, Republic of Chile | A republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast |
| Colombia, Republic of Colombia | A republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea |
| Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica | A republic in Central America |
| Cuba, Republic of Cuba | A communist state in the Caribbean on the island of Cuba |
| Dominica, Commonwealth of Dominica | A country on the island of Dominica |
| Dominican Republic | A republic in the West Indies |
| Ecuador, Republic of Ecuador | A republic in northwestern South America |
| El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Salvador | A republic on the Pacific coast of Central America |
| Grenada | An island state in the West Indies in the southeastern Caribbean Sea |
| Guatemala, Republic of Guatemala | A republic in Central America |
| Haiti, Republic of Haiti | A republic in the West Indies on the western part of the island of Hispaniola |
| Honduras, Republic of Honduras | A republic in Central America |
| Jamaica | A country on the island of Jamaica |
| Mexico, United Mexican States | A republic in southern North America |
| Panama, Republic of Panama | A republic on the Isthmus of Panama |
| Paraguay, Republic of Paraguay | A landlocked republic in south central South America |
| Peru, Republic of Peru | A republic in western South America |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Christopher-Nevis, St. Christopher-Nevis, St. Kitts and Nevis | A country on several of the Leeward Islands |
| Saint Lucia, St. Lucia | A country on the island of Saint Lucia |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Vincent and the Grenadines | An island country in the central Windward Islands |
| Suriname, Republic of Suriname, Surinam, Dutch Guiana, Netherlands Guiana | A republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic |
| Trinidad and Tobago, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago | An island republic in the West Indies off the northeastern coast of Venezuela |
| United States, United States of America, America, the States, US, U.S., USA, U.S.A. | North American republic containing 50 states - 48 conterminous states in North America plus Alaska in northwest North America and the Hawaiian Islands in the Pacific Ocean |
| Uruguay | A South American republic on the southeast coast of South America |
| Venezuela, Republic of Venezuela | A republic in northern South America on the Caribbean |
| Broader | world organization, world organisation, international organization, international organisation, global organization | An international alliance involving many different countries |
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| Spanish | O.E.A., OEA, Organización de Estados Americanos |
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| Catalan | OEA |
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