Amasia

See also: amasia and amásia

English

Etymology

Blend of Am(erica) +‎ (Eur)asia.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪʒə/

Proper noun

Amasia

1. (plate tectonics) The hypothetical future supercontinent resulting from the merger of Eurasia and North America, predicted to form over the north pole in 50–200 million years’ time.

Coordinate terms

hypothetical future supercontinent

• Neopangaea
• New Pangaea
• Novopangaea
• Pangaea II
• Pangaea Proxima
• Pangaea Ultima

 

Translations

hypothetical future supercontinent formed of Eurasia and North America

Further reading

• Amasia (continent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Maasai

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈsiː.a/, [ämäˈs̠iːä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈsi.a/, [ämäˈs̬iːä]

Noun

Amasīa f sg (genitive Amasīae); first declension

1. Amasya (a town in Pontus, on the river Iris, the birthplace of Strabo)

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Pliny the Elder to this entry?)

Declension

First-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Amasīa
Genitive	Amasīae
Dative	Amasīae
Accusative	Amasīam
Ablative	Amasīā
Vocative	Amasīa
Locative	Amasīae

References

• “Ămăsīa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Amăsīa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 109/2.

Further reading

• Amasea on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la