RE: RE: RE: NR as expected but waiting for DrillinI too like my terms specifically defined.
Latin America is not a geographical term; it's a linguistic one. It refers to area within the New World where the peoples that speak Latin derived languages, i.e. Spanish and Portuguese, live.
Mexico is decidedly in the continent of North America, but it's part of Latin America.
The islands of the Carribean are actually not on any continent, but again are often referred to as part of Latin America and sometimes erroneously as N. America, but this latter reference is not technically correct.
Central America is a region—most of which lies within N. America.
Oh and Hawaii is quite correctly spoken as part of the USA—as that refers to a political union. But geographically it also is a Pacific Island and not part of N. America. That's why some erudite folks use the terms like "contiguous USA" when referring to the lower 48 states on the N. American continent.
But you knew that, right?