Amerika

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

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɛɹɪkə/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. (derogatory) America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
   • 1971, Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book‎^[1], page 4:

     Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika.

   • 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

1. 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

From Dutch Amerika.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɪərəka/

• Audio

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. 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

• IPA^(key): /amɛɾiˈka/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. definite nominative singular of Amerikë

Cebuano

Etymology

From English America.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika

1. United States of America (a country in North America)
2. America (the continents of North America and South America)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.

Cornish

Proper noun

Amerika

1. United States of America (a country in North America)

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɛrɪka]
• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -ɪka

Proper noun

Amerika f (related adjective americký, demonym Američan or (rare) Amerikánec, female demonym Američanka)

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Amerika (sg-only hard feminine)

	singular
nominative	Amerika
genitive	Ameriky
dative	Americe
accusative	Ameriku
vocative	Ameriko
locative	Americe
instrumental	Amerikou

Derived terms

• amerikanismus
• amerikanista
• amerikanistika
• amerikanizace
• amerikanizovat
• jihoamerický
• Jihoameričan
• Jižní Amerika
• Severní Amerika
• severoamerický
• Severoameričan
• Střední Amerika
• středoamerický
• Středoameričan

 

Related terms

• američtina

 

See also

• (continents) světadíl; Afrika, Amerika (Jižní Amerika, Severní Amerika), Antarktida, Asie, Austrálie, Evropa, Oceánie ^{(Category: cs:Continents)}

Further reading

• Amerika in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• Amerika in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. 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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• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Homophone: America

Proper noun

Amerika n

1. America (the continents of North America and South America). In this sense has a plural: Amerika's.
2. United States of America (a country in North America).
3. 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

• Afrikaans: Amerika
• Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: Ameriki, Meriki

References

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Fijian

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (a continent)

German

Alternative forms

• America (obsolete)

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːʁika/
• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɛɐ̯ʀikɑ/ (Austria)

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika n (proper noun, genitive Amerikas or (optionally with an article) Amerika, plural Amerika)

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)
   • 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Den Vereinigten Staaten”, in Zahme Xenien‎^[2], section 9:

     Amerika, du hast es besser / Als unser Kontinent, das alte, / Hast keine verfallene Schlösser / Und keine Basalte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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

• amerikanisch
• Nordamerika
• Mittelamerika
• Südamerika
• US-Amerika
• Zentralamerika

Further reading

• “Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ameɾika/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. United States of America (a country in North America)
2. America (the continents of North America and South America)

Hungarian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmɛrikɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Amerika

1. (informal) Synonym of Amerikai Egyesült Államok (“United States of America”)
2. America, Americas (the continents of North America and South America)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	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
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

• amerikai

Compound words

• Amerika-ellenes
• Dél-Amerika
• Észak-Amerika
• Közép-Amerika
• Latin-Amerika

 

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

• IPA^(key): /ameˈrika/
• Rhymes: -ka, -a

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Derived terms

• benua Amerika
• Amerika Serikat
• Amerika Utara
• Amerika Tengah
• Amerika Selatan
• Amerika Latin

See also

• (continents) benua-benua; Afrika, Amerika (Amerika Utara, Amerika Selatan), Antarktika, Asia, Eropa, Oseania ^{(Category: id:Continents)}

Japanese

Romanization

Amerika

1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

Latvian

Amerika

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [amɛɾika]

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Proper noun

Amerika f (4th declension)

1. 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

2. 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

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

• Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
• Centrālamerika
• Dienvidamerika
• Latīņamerika
• Ziemeļamerika

Related terms

• amerikānis, amerikāniete
• amerikānisks
• amerikānisms

See also

• kontinents

• The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
  Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika

Limburgish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America. The Limburgish village is named as such for its remote location.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.me.ʁi.kaː/

Proper noun

Amerika n (Veldeke spelling)

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. A village in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

   Holonym: Haors aan de Maas

Lithuanian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐˈmʲɛrʲɪkɐ/

Proper noun

Amèrika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Declension

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

• (The Americas): Amèrikos žemýnas

Derived terms

• Jungtìnės Amèrikos Valstìjos
• Šiáurės Amèrika
• Pietų̃ Amèrika

Maltese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛː.rɪ.ka/

Proper noun

L-Amerika f

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: Stati Uniti, Stati Uniti tal-Amerika

See also

• (continents) kontinent; L-Afrika, L-Amerika (L-Amerika ta’ Fuq, L-Amerika t’Isfel), L-Antartika, L-Asja, L-Ewropa, L-Oċeanja (L-Oċjanja) ^{(Category: mt:Continents)}

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Related terms

• amerikaner
• amerikansk
• Amerikas forente stater
• Latin-Amerika
• Mellom-Amerika
• Nord-Amerika
• Sentral-Amerika
• Sør-Amerika

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Related terms

• amerikanar
• amerikansk
• Latin-Amerika
• Mellom-Amerika
• Nord-Amerika
• Sentral-Amerika
• Sør-Amerika

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

• Amerikaa (rare)

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Samoan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.ka/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. United States (a country in North America)
2. America (a continent)

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Declension

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

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /amɛ́ːrika/

Proper noun

Amȇrika f

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. United States of America (a country in North America)

Inflection

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Amêrika
genitive	Amêrike
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Amêrika
genitive (rodȋlnik)	—
dative (dajȃlnik)	—
accusative (tožȋlnik)	—
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Amêriki
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Amêriko

Synonyms

• (United States): Zdrúžene držáve Amêrike, Zdrúžene držáve, ZDA

Related terms

• Američàn / Američánka
• amêriški

Further reading

• “Amerika”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from English America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɛ.ɾi.kɑ/

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. (nonstandard) United States of America (a country in North America)

   Synonym: Marekani

Derived terms

• Amerika ya Kaskazini
• Amerika ya Kusini

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

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːrɪka/

Proper noun

Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. 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, from New Latin America, ultimately derived from the first name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka
• IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmeɾika/, [ʔɐˈmɛ.ɾɪ.xɐ]

Proper noun

Amériká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜇᜒᜃ)

1. United States of America (a country in North America)

   Synonyms: Estados Unidos, (slang) Tate

2. America (the continents of North America and South America)

Related terms

• Amerikana
• Amerikano
• Kana
• Kano

 

See also

• Template:list:countries of North America/tl

Further reading

• “Amerika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018

Turkish

Picture dictionary

Amerika

Grönland

Alaska

Kanada

Kebek

Amerika Birleşik Devletleri

Meksika

Karayipler

Küba

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Etymology

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آمریقا‎ (“Amerika”), from Italian America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈme.ɾi.kɑ/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. (colloquial) United States of America (a country in North America)

Declension

    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

Derived terms

• Kuzey Amerika
• Güney Amerika

Uzbek

Etymology

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Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
2. (colloquial) United States of America (a country in North America)

Declension

Declension of Amerika

	singular	plural
nominative	Amerika	Amerikalar
genitive	Amerikaning	Amerikalarning
dative	Amerikaga	Amerikalarga
definite accusative	Amerikani	Amerikalarni
locative	Amerikada	Amerikalarda
ablative	Amerikadan	Amerikalardan

Possessive forms of Amerika

my	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikam	Amerikalarim
genitive	Amerikamning	Amerikalarimning
dative	Amerikamga	Amerikalarimga
definite accusative	Amerikamni	Amerikalarimni
locative	Amerikamda	Amerikalarimda
ablative	Amerikamdan	Amerikalarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikang	Amerikalaring
genitive	Amerikangning	Amerikalaringning
dative	Amerikangga	Amerikalaringga
definite accusative	Amerikangni	Amerikalaringni
locative	Amerikangda	Amerikalaringda
ablative	Amerikangdan	Amerikalaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikasi	Amerikalari
genitive	Amerikasining	Amerikalarining
dative	Amerikasiga	Amerikalariga
definite accusative	Amerikasini	Amerikalarini
locative	Amerikasida	Amerikalarida
ablative	Amerikasidan	Amerikalaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikamiz	Amerikalarimiz
genitive	Amerikamizning	Amerikalarimizning
dative	Amerikamizga	Amerikalarimizga
definite accusative	Amerikamizni	Amerikalarimizni
locative	Amerikamizda	Amerikalarimizda
ablative	Amerikamizdan	Amerikalarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikangiz	Amerikalaringiz
genitive	Amerikangizning	Amerikalaringizning
dative	Amerikangizga	Amerikalaringizga
definite accusative	Amerikangizni	Amerikalaringizni
locative	Amerikangizda	Amerikalaringizda
ablative	Amerikangizdan	Amerikalaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	Amerikasi	Amerikalari
genitive	Amerikasining	Amerikalarining
dative	Amerikasiga	Amerikalariga
definite accusative	Amerikasini	Amerikalarini
locative	Amerikasida	Amerikalarida
ablative	Amerikasidan	Amerikalaridan

See also

• ABD
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri