America
English
Alternative forms
- (the United States of America): Merica/ 'Murica/ 'murica (nonstandard, often jocular or representing dialect)
- (North and South America): Americas
Etymology
New Latin America, feminine latinized form of the Italian forename of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is an Italian name derived from a Germanic language and which is etymologically related to Emmerich.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
America (plural Americas)
- The United States of America.
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- 2013 May 25, “No hiding place”, in The Economist[2], volume 407, page 74:
- In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result.
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- The Americas.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin, published 2010, page 691:
- Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call ‘the New World’, or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, ‘America’.
- A female given name.
- A town in Limburg, Netherlands.
Usage notes
In English, the unqualified term "America" typically refers to the United States of America, with "American" typically referring to people and things from that country. The sense of "the Americas" is uncommon in contemporary English, but is still found in some specific circumstances, such as in reference to the Organization of American States.
Synonyms
- (United States of America) see United States of America#Synonyms
- (North and South America) Americas
Translations
See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia/Oceania, Europe, North America, South America, (Category: en:Continents)
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
America f
- (continent) the Americas
Derived terms
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of Americus, the Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is the Italian form of a Germanic personal name.
First recorded in 1507 (together with the related term Amerigen) in the Cosmographiae Introductio, apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, in reference to South America;[1] first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538. Amerigen means "land of Amerigo" and derives from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". America accorded with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa.[2]
Proper noun
America f sg (genitive Americae); first declension
Declension
First-declension noun, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | America |
Genitive | Americae |
Dative | Americae |
Accusative | Americam |
Ablative | Americā |
Vocative | America |
References
- America in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[3], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
Occitan
Proper noun
America f
- America (the Americas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Romanian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Proper noun
America f (plural Americi)
Declension
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (o) Americă | America | (niște) Americi | Americile |
genitive/dative | (unei) Americi | Americii | (unor) Americi | Americilor |
vocative | America, Americă | Americilor |
Derived terms
Related terms
Welsh
Pronunciation
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Proper noun
America f
Derived terms
Mutation
Welsh mutation | |||
---|---|---|---|
radical | soft | nasal | h-prothesis |
America | unchanged | unchanged | Hamerica |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |
References
- English terms derived from New Latin
- English terms derived from Italian
- English 4-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɛɹɪkə
- English lemmas
- English proper nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- English given names
- English female given names
- en:Towns in Limburg, Netherlands
- en:Towns in the Netherlands
- en:Places in Limburg, Netherlands
- en:Places in the Netherlands
- en:Continents
- English basic words
- English eponyms
- en:America
- en:Countries in North America
- en:United States
- Italian terms derived from New Latin
- Italian 4-syllable words
- Italian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Italian lemmas
- Italian proper nouns
- Italian feminine nouns
- it:America
- it:Continents
- Latin terms derived from Italian
- Latin terms derived from Germanic languages
- Latin lemmas
- Latin proper nouns
- Latin first declension nouns
- Latin feminine nouns in the first declension
- Latin feminine nouns
- New Latin
- la:Continents
- Occitan lemmas
- Occitan proper nouns
- Occitan feminine nouns
- oc:Continents
- Romanian terms borrowed from Latin
- Romanian terms derived from Latin
- Romanian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian proper nouns
- Romanian feminine nouns
- ro:Place names
- Welsh terms with IPA pronunciation
- Welsh lemmas
- Welsh proper nouns
- Welsh feminine nouns
- cy:Countries