아메리카

Korean

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from English America.

Pronunciation

• (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA^(key): [a̠me̞ɾikʰa̠]
• Phonetic hangul: [아메리카]

Romanizations
Revised Romanization?	Amerika
Revised Romanization (translit.)?	Amelika
McCune–Reischauer?	Amerik'a
Yale Romanization?	ameyli.kha

Proper noun

아메리카 • (Amerika)

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. (rare) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)

Synonyms

• (the USA): 미국 (美國, Miguk)