America
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), Italian explorer.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈmɛrɪkə/
[edit] Proper noun
America (plural Americas)
- The landmass now divided into the continents of North and South America.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 691:
- Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call ‘the New World’, or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, ‘America’.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 691:
- The United States of America.
[edit] Usage notes
Residents of the United States of America may refer to their country as the "United States" (more formal), "America" (common and often patriotic), "the U.S.A.", or simply "the States" (informal). Residents of Alaska, America's northernmost state, refer to mainland America as "the lower 48" (informal).
Residents of the United Kingdom typically refer to the United States of America as "America". Residents of Canada less frequently refer to the United States of America as "America", referring otherwise to "the United States" (more formal), "the U.S." (common), or simply "the States" (informal).
[edit] Synonyms
(United States of America) U.S.A., U.S.
[edit] See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America (Category: en:Continents) [edit]
[edit] Translations
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Most common English words before 1923: camp · prove · engaged · #992: America · servant · doctor · Michael
[edit] Italian
[edit] Proper noun
America f.
- (continent) America
[edit] Derived terms
- americano
- America Centrale
- America Latina
- cardellino d'America
- lucherino d'America
- Nord America / America del Nord / America settentrionale
- Stati Uniti d'America
- Sud America / America del Sud / America meridionale
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[edit] Latin
[edit] Etymology
Feminine form of Latin Americus, Latinization of Amerigen, from the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). First recorded in 1507 for South America;[1] first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538.
The name was apparently coined by Matthias Ringmann, first as Amerigen "land of Amerigo", from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". It was Latinized and then feminized to accord with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa.[2]
Amerigo is the Italian form of a Gothic personal name, Amalric "master workman", from amal "work" and ric "power".
[edit] Proper noun
America (genitive Americae); f, first declension
[edit] Inflection
| nominative | America |
|---|---|
| genitive | Americae |
| dative | Americae |
| accusative | Americam |
| ablative | Americā |
| vocative | America |
| locative | Americae |
[edit] References
- ^ Hebert, John R., "The Map That Named America: Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World" [1], Information Bulletin, Library of Congress.
- ^ Toby Lester, December 2009. "Putting America on the Map", Smithsonian 40:9.
[edit] Romanian
[edit] Etymology
Borrowed from Latin America.
[edit] Pronunciation
- IPA: [aˈme.ri.ka]
[edit] Proper noun
America f. (plural Americi)
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[edit] Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender f. | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| Nom/Acc | - | America | Americi | Americile |
| Gen/Dat | - | Americii | - | Americilor |
