আমেরিকা

Bengali

Alternative forms

• অ্যামেরিকা (êmerika), এমেরিকা (emerika)

Etymology

Transliteration of English America.

Pronunciation

• (Rarh) IPA^(key): /ameɾika/, [ˈameɾikaˑ]

• (Dhaka) IPA^(key): /ameɹika/, [ˈameɹikaˑ]

Proper noun

আমেরিকা • (amerika)

1. United States of America (a country in North America)

   Synonym: মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (markin juktoraśṭro)

2. The Americas.

Usage notes

In Bengali, the term আমেরিকা usually refers to the United States of America. However, it is also used as a translation of what is referred to as the Americas in English, often including the descriptor মহাদেশ (mohadeś, “continent”).