[[Fasciculus:LocationSouthAmerica.png|thumb|Situs Americae Australis]]
[[Fasciculus:South america la.svg|thumb|Tabula Americae Australis.]]
'''America Australis''' vel '''America Meridiana'''{{FD ref}} sive Latinitate [[Renascentia]]e<!--vel Medii Aevi?-->recentiori '''America Meridionalis''' ([[Anglice]] ''South America'' ; [[Hispanice]] ''América del Sur, Sudamérica, Suramérica'' ; [[Lusitanice]] ''América do Sul'' ; [[Quechice]] et [[Lingua Aymara|Aymarice]] ''Urin Awya Yala'' ; [[Guaranice]] ''Ñembyamérika'' ; [[Nederlandice]] ''Zuid-Amerika'' ; [[Francice]] ''Amérique du Sud'') est [[continens]],<ref>"[http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html South America]. ''[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The Columbia Encyclopedia]'', ed. 6a. 2001–2006. Novi Eboraci: [[Columbia University Press]]": "fourth largest continent . . . , the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere."</ref><ref>[http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/ Situs civitatis LANIC.]</ref> in [[Hemisphaerium Occidentale|Hemisphaerio Occidentali]] situs, plerumque in [[Hemisphaerium Australe|Hemisphaerio Australi]], parvā parte in [[Hemisphaerium Septentrionale|Hemisphaerio Septentrionali]] comprehensa. Continens etiam [[subcontinens]] [[America]]rum habetur.<ref>[http://www.bartleby.com/65/st/SthAmer.html South America,] ''[http://www.bartleby.com/65/ The Columbia Encyclopedia],'' ed. 6a (Novi Eboraci: Columbia University Press, 2001–2006): "fourth largest continent . . . , the southern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://lanic.utexas.edu/subject/countries/ |title=LANIC country page |publisher=Lanic.utexas.edu |date= |accessdate=[[11 Maii]] [[2013]]}}.</ref>
Finitur ad [[occidens|occidentem]] versus ab [[Oceanus Pacificus|Oceano Pacifico]], ad [[septentrio]]nes [[oriens|orientemque]] ab [[Oceanus Atlanticus|Oceano Atlantico]], et ad septentriones occidentemque ab [[America Septentrionalis|America Septentrionali]] [[Mare Caribicum|Marique Caribico]]. [[Duodecim]] [[civitas sui iuris|civitates liberas]] ([[Aequatoria]]m, [[Argentina]]m, [[Bolivia]]m, [[Brasilia]]m, [[Columbia]]m, [[Guyana]]m, [[Paraguaia]]m, [[Peruvia]]m, [[Surinamia]]m, [[Tsilia]]m, [[Uruguaia]]m, [[Venetiola]]m) et [[Guiana Francica|Guianam Francicam]], maritimam [[Francia]]e [[regio]]nem, comprehendit. Civitates Americae Australis quae Mare Caribicum finiunt (Columbia, Guiana Francica, Guyana, Surinamia, Venetiola) [[America Australis Caribica]] appellantur.
== Geographia ==
[[Fasciculus:South America - Blue Marble orthographic.jpg|thumb|200px|Composita Americae Australis imago eminens<!--eminentia = relieftabula (terminusgeographica technicus)-->.physicalis]]▼
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▲[[Fasciculus:South America - Blue Marble orthographic.jpg|thumb|200px|Composita Americae Australis imago eminens<!--eminentia = relief (terminus technicus)-->.]]
[[Fasciculus:Ausangate-hillside-MT.jpg|thumb|[[Andes]] sunt longissimi [[Tellus|orbis terrarum]] [[cordillera|montes perpetui]] continentales.]]
[[Fasciculus:SantaCruz-CuevaManos-P2210651b.jpg|thumb|[[Praehistoria|Praehistorica]] [[Caverna Manuum]] ([[Hispanice]] ''Cueva de las Manos''), [[Argentina]]e sita.]]