أمريكا

See also: امریکا, آمریکا, and امريکا

Arabic

Alternative forms

• أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā), أَمْرِيكَة (ʔamrīka)

Etymology

Possibly from Latin Amerīca (with stress on long ī).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔam.riː.kaː/

Proper noun

أَمْرِيكَا • (ʔamrīkā) f

1. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)

Declension

Declension of noun أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā)

singular	singular invariable
	indefinite	definite	construct
informal	—	أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā	—
nominative	—	أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā	—
accusative	—	أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā	—
genitive	—	أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā	—

See also

• أَمْرِيكِيّ (ʔamrīkiyy)

References

• Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمريكا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN

Further reading

• أمريكا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^ar

South Levantine Arabic

Etymology

From Arabic أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā).

Proper noun

أمريكا • (ʔamrīka) f

1. Alternative form of أميركا (ʔamērka):
   1. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
   2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)