Amerika

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See also: amerika, Ameríka, Amerîka, Amerikā, and Ameriką

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. (derogatory) America; used to imply that the US is fascist.

Afrikaans[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Dutch Amerika.

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America

Albanian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika f

  1. definite nominative of Amerikë

Cebuano[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English America.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. the United States of America
  2. the Americas

Quotations[edit]

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Amerika.

Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

New Latin America

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika f

  1. America (continents)
  2. America (the U.S.A.)

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Further reading[edit]

Danish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /a.ˈmeː(.)ri.ka/, [aˈmeːˀʁikʰa], [aˈmeɐ̯ˀikʰa], [ɑˈmeɐ̯ˀikʰa]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/
  • (Netherlands)
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  • Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika n

  1. America

Derived terms[edit]

German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika n (plural Amerika)

  1. (continent) America
  2. (nation) the United States of America

Usage notes[edit]

  • The plural Amerika refers to North America (German: Nordamerika) and South America (German: Südamerika).

Synonyms[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Gilbertese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America

Hungarian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmɛrikɒ]
  • Audio
    		(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Amerika Amerikák
accusative Amerikát Amerikákat
dative Amerikának Amerikáknak
instrumental Amerikával Amerikákkal
causal-final Amerikáért Amerikákért
translative Amerikává Amerikákká
terminative Amerikáig Amerikákig
essive-formal Amerikaként Amerikákként
essive-modal — —
inessive Amerikában Amerikákban
superessive Amerikán Amerikákon
adessive Amerikánál Amerikáknál
illative Amerikába Amerikákba
sublative Amerikára Amerikákra
allative Amerikához Amerikákhoz
elative Amerikából Amerikákból
delative Amerikáról Amerikákról
ablative Amerikától Amerikáktól
Possessive forms of Amerika
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Amerikám Amerikáim
2nd person sing. Amerikád Amerikáid
3rd person sing. Amerikája Amerikái
1st person plural Amerikánk Amerikáink
2nd person plural Amerikátok Amerikáitok
3rd person plural Amerikájuk Amerikáik

Derived terms[edit]

Derived terms

Indonesian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America (the continent)
  2. United States (the country)

Derived terms[edit]

Japanese[edit]

Romanization[edit]

Amerika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

Latvian[edit]

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 Amerika on Latvian Wikipedia
Amerika

Etymology[edit]

From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512).

Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika f (4th declension)

  1. America (the landmass to the west of Eurasia, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492)
    Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekē ― the geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque
  2. America (the country officially called the United States of 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[edit]

Declension of Amerika (4th declension)
singular (vienskaitlis) plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative (nominatīvs) Amerika —
accusative (akuzatīvs) Ameriku —
genitive (ģenitīvs) Amerikas —
dative (datīvs) Amerikai —
instrumental (instrumentālis) Ameriku —
locative (lokatīvs) Amerikā —
vocative (vokatīvs) Amerika —

Derived terms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

See also[edit]

Lithuanian[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

  1. America
  2. The Americas

Declension[edit]

declension of Amerika
singular (vienaskaita) plural (daugiskaita)
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[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

L-Amerika

  1. Amerika

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America, or the Americas (the combined continents of North and South America, as well as Central America)
  2. America (short form of the United States of America)

Related terms[edit]

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America, or the Americas (the combined continents of North and South America, as well as Central America)
  2. America (short form of the United States of America)

Related terms[edit]

Novial[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America

Pennsylvania German[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America (continent)
  2. America, the United States of America

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /aměrika/
  • Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper noun[edit]

Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

  1. America

Declension[edit]

Declension of Amerika
singular plural
nominative Amerika Amerike
genitive Amerike Amerika
dative Americi Amerikama
accusative Ameriku Amerike
vocative Ameriko Amerike
locative Americi Amerikama
instrumental Amerikom Amerikama

Slovene[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amêrika f (genitive Amêrike)

  1. America (continent)
  2. America (United States)

Declension[edit]

Declension of Amêrika (feminine, a-stem)
singular
nominative Amêrika
accusative Amêriko
genitive Amêrike
dative Amêriki
locative Amêriki
instrumental Amêriko

Synonyms[edit]

Related terms[edit]

Swahili[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English America.

Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America, in the sense of the continent
  2. (nonstandard) United States of America
    Synonym: Marekani

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

  1. America

Derived terms[edit]

Turkish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America (continent)
  2. (colloquial) United States of America (abbreviated)

Uzbek[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

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Proper noun[edit]

Amerika

  1. America (continent)
  2. (colloquial) United States of America (abbreviated)

Declension[edit]

    declension of Amerika
singular plural
nominative Amerika Amerikalar / Amerika'lar
accusative Amerika'yı Amerikaları / Amerika'ları
dative Amerika'ya Amerikalara / Amerika'lara
locative Amerika'da Amerikalarda / Amerika'larda
ablative Amerika'dan Amerikalardan / Amerika'lardan
genitive Amerika'nın Amerikaların / Amerika'ların
    possessive of Amerika
singular plural
benim (my) Amerika'm Amerikalarım / Amerika'larım
senin (your) Amerika'n Amerikaların / Amerika'ların
onun (his/her/its) Amerika'sı Amerikaları / Amerika'ları
bizim (our) Amerika'mız Amerikalarımız / Amerika'larımız
sizin (your) Amerika'nız Amerikalarınız / Amerika'larınız
onların (their) Amerika'sı / Amerikaları / Amerika'ları Amerikaları / Amerika'ları

See also[edit]

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