SOUTH AMERICAN COUNTRY Synonyms

• three-sided tropical American nut with white oily meat and hard brown shell

• the largest Latin American country and the largest Portuguese speaking country in the world; located in the central and northeastern part of South America; world's leading coffee exporter

• very hot and finely tapering pepper of special pungency

• a republic in southern South America on the western slopes of the Andes on the south Pacific coast

• a republic in northwestern South America with a coastline on the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea; achieved independence from Spain in 1821 under the leadership of Simon Bolivar; Spanish is the official language

• a republic in northwestern South America; became independent from Spain in 1822; the landscape is dominated by the Andes

• a republic in northeastern South America; formerly part of the British Empire, but it achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966

• a landlocked republic in south central South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1811

• a republic in northeastern South America on the Atlantic; achieved independence from the Netherlands in 1975

• a South American republic on the southeast coast of South America; achieved independence from Brazil in 1825

• a republic in northern South America on the Caribbean; achieved independence from Spain in 1811; rich in oil

• a republic in western South America; achieved independence from Spain in 1821; was the heart of the Inca empire from the 12th to 16th centuries

• any one of the countries occupying the South American continent