Amasia
English
editEtymology
editBlend of Am(erica) + (Eur)asia.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪʒə/
Proper noun
editAmasia
- (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
edithypothetical future supercontinent
Translations
edithypothetical future supercontinent formed of Eurasia and North America
Further reading
edit- Amasia (continent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
editLatin
editEtymology
editFrom the Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /a.maˈsiː.a/, [ämäˈs̠iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.maˈsi.a/, [ämäˈs̬iːä]
Noun
editAmasīa 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
editFirst-declension noun, with locative, singular only.
Case | Singular |
---|---|
Nominative | Amasīa |
Genitive | Amasīae |
Dative | Amasīae |
Accusative | Amasīam |
Ablative | Amasīā |
Vocative | Amasīa |
Locative | Amasīae |
References
edit- “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
edit- Amasea on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia la
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