Amerika
English
Etymology 1
From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- (derogatory) America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
- 2008 April 30, Zoe Trodd, American Protest Literature, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 444:
- CARL WITTMAN From Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto 1969
If the gay liberation movement began on the East Coast with the Stonewall riots, it began on the West Coast with the publication of "Refugees from Amerika."
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Amerika
- A female given name, a variant of America.
- 2008, Sam Warren, Tales from the Tijuana Jails, Bookwarren Publishing Servi, →ISBN, page 203:
- […] As far as he could determine, the victim had been stealing from Amerika in order to support his crystal habit. The victim had also been Amerika's lover and had lived in the carraca with her.
Afrikaans
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
See also
- (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Noord-Amerika, Suid-Amerika), Antarktika, Asië, Europa, Oseanië (Category: af:Continents)
Albanian
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika f
Cebuano
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka
Proper noun
Amerika
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
Quotations
For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.
Cornish
Proper noun
Amerika
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Czech
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika f
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Declension
Derived terms
See also
- (continents) světadíl; Afrika, Amerika (Jižní Amerika, Severní Amerika), Antarktida, Asie, Austrálie, Evropa, Oceánie (Category: cs:Continents)
Further reading
Danish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Dutch
Etymology
From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.
The hamlet first appears in the written record in 1909 as Nieuw Amerika. It is named after the continent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/
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- Rhymes: -aː
- Homophone: America
Proper noun
Amerika n
- America (the continents of North America, Central America and South America). In this sense has a plural: Amerika's.
- America, United States of America (a country in North America).
- A hamlet in Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands.
Derived terms
- Amerikaan
- Amerikaans
- Centraal-Amerika
- Latijns-Amerika
- Midden-Amerika
- Noord-Amerika
- Spaans-Amerika
- Verenigde Staten van Amerika
- Zuid-Amerika
Descendants
Fijian
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (a continent)
German
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika n (proper noun, genitive Amerikas or (optionally with an article) Amerika, plural Amerika)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Usage notes
- The plural Amerika refers to North America (German: Nordamerika) and South America (German: Südamerika).
Synonyms
- (USA): USA, US-Amerika, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
Gilbertese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
Hungarian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- (informal) Synonym of Amerikai Egyesült Államok (“United States of America”)
- America, Americas (the continents of North America and South America)
Declension
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | Amerika | — |
accusative | Amerikát | — |
dative | Amerikának | — |
instrumental | Amerikával | — |
causal-final | Amerikáért | — |
translative | Amerikává | — |
terminative | Amerikáig | — |
essive-formal | Amerikaként | — |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | Amerikában | — |
superessive | Amerikán | — |
adessive | Amerikánál | — |
illative | Amerikába | — |
sublative | Amerikára | — |
allative | Amerikához | — |
elative | Amerikából | — |
delative | Amerikáról | — |
ablative | Amerikától | — |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
Amerikáé | — |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
Amerikáéi | — |
Possessive forms of Amerika | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | Amerikám | — |
2nd person sing. | Amerikád | — |
3rd person sing. | Amerikája | — |
1st person plural | Amerikánk | — |
2nd person plural | Amerikátok | — |
3rd person plural | Amerikájuk | — |
Derived terms
See also
- (continents) kontinens/földrész; Afrika, Amerika (Dél-Amerika, Észak-Amerika), Antarktisz/Antarktika (the former: the common, though loose name; the latter: technical term), Ázsia, Európa, Óceánia (Category: hu:Continents)
Indonesian
Etymology
From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Derived terms
Japanese
Romanization
Amerika
Latvian
Etymology
From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512).
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Amerika f (4th declension)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekē ― the geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
- Amerikas pilsoņu karš ― the American civil war
- Amerikas prezidents Baraks Obama pēc 2009.gada novembrī plānotās vizītes Ķīnā nolēmis personīgi tikties ar Tibetas garīgo līderi Dalailamu ― the American President Barack Obama, after his planned visit to China in 2009, decided to meet personally with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama
Declension
singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
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nominative (nominatīvs) | Amerika | — |
accusative (akuzatīvs) | Ameriku | — |
genitive (ģenitīvs) | Amerikas | — |
dative (datīvs) | Amerikai | — |
instrumental (instrumentālis) | Ameriku | — |
locative (lokatīvs) | Amerikā | — |
vocative (vokatīvs) | Amerika | — |
Derived terms
Related terms
See also
- The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika
Lithuanian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
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Amèrika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Declension
singular (vienaskaita) | plural (daugiskaita) | |
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nominative (vardininkas) | Amèrika | Amèrikos |
genitive (kilmininkas) | Amèrikos | Amèrikų |
dative (naudininkas) | Amèrikai | Amèrikoms |
accusative (galininkas) | Amèriką | Amèrikas |
instrumental (įnagininkas) | Amèrika | Amèrikomis |
locative (vietininkas) | Amèrikoje | Amèrikose |
vocative (šauksmininkas) | Amèrika | Amèrikos |
Synonyms
- (The Americas): Amèrikos žemýnas
Derived terms
Maltese
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
L-Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Related terms
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Related terms
Pennsylvania German
Alternative forms
- Amerikaa (rare)
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Declension
Slovene
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amȇrika f
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Inflection
Feminine, a-stem | ||
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nominative | Amêrika | |
genitive | Amêrike | |
singular | ||
nominative (imenovȃlnik) |
Amêrika | |
genitive (rodȋlnik) |
Amêrike | |
dative (dajȃlnik) |
Amêriki | |
accusative (tožȋlnik) |
Amêriko | |
locative (mẹ̑stnik) |
Amêriki | |
instrumental (orọ̑dnik) |
Amêriko |
Synonyms
- (United States): Zdrúžene držáve Amêrike, Zdrúžene držáve, ZDA
Related terms
Further reading
- “Amerika”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
Swahili
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- (nonstandard) America, United States of America (a country in North America)
- Synonym: Marekani
Derived terms
See also
(continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) (Category: sw:Continents) [edit]
Swedish
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Derived terms
- amerikan
- amerikanare
- amerikansk
- amerikanska
- amerikanisera
- Nordamerika
- Sydamerika
- Centralamerika
- Latinamerika
Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish América.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amériká
- America, United States of America (a country in North America)
- Synonyms: Estados Unidos, (slang) Tate
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
Related terms
See also
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish آمریقا. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- (colloquial) America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Uzbek
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
Amerika (Cyrillic spelling)
- America (the continents of North America and South America)
- (colloquial) America, United States of America (a country in North America)
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | Amerika | Amerikalar |
genitive | Amerikaning | Amerikalarning |
dative | Amerikaga | Amerikalarga |
definite accusative | Amerikani | Amerikalarni |
locative | Amerikada | Amerikalarda |
ablative | Amerikadan | Amerikalardan |
See also
- English terms borrowed from German
- English terms derived from German
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- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- English derogatory terms
- English terms with quotations
- English given names
- English female given names
- en:United States
- Afrikaans terms inherited from Dutch
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- Afrikaans terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Afrikaans lemmas
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- af:Continents
- af:Countries in North America
- af:Countries
- Albanian 4-syllable words
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- Albanian proper nouns
- Albanian feminine nouns
- Cebuano terms borrowed from English
- Cebuano terms derived from English
- Cebuano lemmas
- Cebuano proper nouns
- ceb:Countries in North America
- ceb:Countries
- ceb:Continents
- ceb:America
- ceb:United States
- Cornish lemmas
- Cornish proper nouns
- kw:Countries in North America
- kw:Countries
- Czech terms derived from New Latin
- Czech terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Czech/ɪka
- Rhymes:Czech/ɪka/4 syllables
- Czech lemmas
- Czech proper nouns
- Czech feminine nouns
- cs:Continents
- cs:Countries in North America
- cs:Countries
- Danish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Danish lemmas
- Danish proper nouns
- da:Countries in North America
- da:Countries
- Dutch terms borrowed from New Latin
- Dutch terms derived from New Latin
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- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/aː
- Rhymes:Dutch/aː/4 syllables
- Dutch terms with homophones
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- Dutch proper nouns
- Dutch neuter nouns
- nl:Continents
- nl:Countries in North America
- nl:Countries
- nl:Villages in Drenthe, Netherlands
- nl:Villages in the Netherlands
- nl:Places in Drenthe, Netherlands
- nl:Places in the Netherlands
- Fijian lemmas
- Fijian proper nouns
- fj:Continents
- fj:America
- German 4-syllable words
- German terms with IPA pronunciation
- German terms with audio links
- German lemmas
- German proper nouns
- German neuter nouns
- de:Continents
- de:Countries in North America
- de:Countries
- Gilbertese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Gilbertese lemmas
- Gilbertese proper nouns
- gil:Countries in North America
- gil:Countries
- gil:Continents
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ
- Rhymes:Hungarian/kɒ/4 syllables
- Hungarian lemmas
- Hungarian proper nouns
- Hungarian informal terms
- hu:Continents
- Hungarian eponyms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from New Latin
- Indonesian terms derived from New Latin
- Indonesian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ka
- Rhymes:Indonesian/ka/3 syllables
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a
- Rhymes:Indonesian/a/3 syllables
- Indonesian lemmas
- Indonesian proper nouns
- id:Continents
- id:Countries in North America
- id:Countries
- Japanese non-lemma forms
- Japanese romanizations
- Latvian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Latvian terms with audio links
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian proper nouns
- Latvian feminine nouns
- lv:Continents
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- lv:Countries in North America
- lv:Countries
- Latvian fourth declension proper nouns
- lv:America
- lv:United States
- Lithuanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Lithuanian lemmas
- Lithuanian proper nouns
- Lithuanian feminine nouns
- lt:Continents
- lt:Countries in North America
- lt:Countries
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese proper nouns
- mt:Continents
- mt:Countries in North America
- mt:Countries
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål proper nouns
- nb:Continents
- nb:Countries in North America
- nb:Countries
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk proper nouns
- nn:Continents
- nn:Countries in North America
- nn:Countries
- Pennsylvania German lemmas
- Pennsylvania German proper nouns
- pdc:Continents
- pdc:Countries in North America
- pdc:Countries
- Serbo-Croatian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Serbo-Croatian lemmas
- Serbo-Croatian proper nouns
- Serbo-Croatian feminine nouns
- sh:Continents
- sh:Countries in North America
- sh:Countries
- Slovene 4-syllable words
- Slovene terms with IPA pronunciation
- Slovene lemmas
- Slovene proper nouns
- Slovene feminine nouns
- sl:Continents
- sl:Countries in North America
- sl:Countries
- Slovene feminine a-stem nouns
- Swahili terms borrowed from English
- Swahili terms derived from English
- Swahili terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swahili terms with audio links
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili proper nouns
- sw:Continents
- Swahili nonstandard terms
- sw:Countries in North America
- sw:Countries
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish proper nouns
- Swedish neuter nouns
- sv:Continents
- sv:Countries in North America
- sv:Countries
- Tagalog terms borrowed from Spanish
- Tagalog terms derived from Spanish
- Tagalog 4-syllable words
- Tagalog terms with IPA pronunciation
- Tagalog lemmas
- Tagalog proper nouns
- tl:Countries in North America
- tl:Countries
- tl:Continents
- Turkish terms inherited from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms derived from Ottoman Turkish
- Turkish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Turkish lemmas
- Turkish proper nouns
- tr:Continents
- Turkish colloquialisms
- tr:Countries in North America
- tr:Countries
- Uzbek lemmas
- Uzbek proper nouns
- uz:Continents
- Uzbek colloquialisms
- uz:Countries in North America
- uz:Countries