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أمريكا

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Arabic

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkāf

  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

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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

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References

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  • 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

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South Levantine Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā).

Proper noun

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أمريكا (ʔamrīkaf

  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)