アメリカ

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Japanese[edit]

Alternative spellings
亜米利加 (obsolete)
亜墨利加 (obsolete)
 アメリカ on Japanese Wikipedia
 アメリカ州 on Japanese Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English America,[1][2][3][4][5] from New Latin America f, feminine form of Americus m, Latinized form of the given name of Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), an Italian explorer.

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Proper noun[edit]

アメリカ (Amerika

  1. (chiefly in compounds, due to possible ambiguity) America (one of the continents of North America or South America)
    (みなみ)アメリカ(きた)アメリカ(ちゅう)(おう)アメリカ
    Minami Amerika, Kita Amerika, Chūō Amerika
    South America, North America, Central America
    アメリカ(しゅう)
    Amerika-shū
    America; the Americas
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    • 1999 September 16, Motohiro Katou, “ヤコブの階段 (Yakobu no Kaidan)”, in Q.E.D. 証明終了 (Kyū Ī Dī Shōmei Shūryō), volume 4 (fiction), Tokyo: Kodansha, →ISBN, page 90:
      その(たび)アメリカ()てって(ばく)(だん)()とせってのか?
      Sono tabi ni Amerika ga dete tte bakudan otose tte no ka?
      You think America should butt in and go drop some bombs every time?
      ()たり(まえ)さ‼それが〝()(かい)(けい)(さつ)〟たるアメリカ(やく)()だろ‼
      Atarimae sa‼ Sore ga〝sekai no keisatsu〟taru Amerika no yakume daro‼
      Well, duh!! America is the "world police" after all!!

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References[edit]

  1. ^ 1988, 国語大辞典(新装版) (Kokugo Dai Jiten, Revised Edition) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan
  2. ^ Matsumura, Akira (1995) 大辞泉 [Daijisen] (in Japanese), First edition, Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
  3. ^ Shinmura, Izuru, editor (1998) 広辞苑 [Kōjien] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
  4. ^ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006) 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  5. ^ Kindaichi, Kyōsuke et al., editors (1997) 新明解国語辞典 [Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten] (in Japanese), Fifth edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
  6. ^ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998) NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK Publishing, →ISBN