Amasia
English
Etymology
Blend of Am(erica) + (Eur)asia.
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
Amasia
- (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, 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
Latin
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.maˈsiː.a/, [ämäˈs̠iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.maˈsi.a/, [ämäˈs̬iːä]
Noun
Amasīa f sg (genitive Amasīae); first declension
- 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
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