Amasia
English edit
Etymology edit
Blend of Am(erica) + (Eur)asia.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /əˈmeɪʒə/
Proper noun edit
Amasia
- (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 edit
hypothetical future supercontinent
Translations edit
hypothetical future supercontinent formed of Eurasia and North America
Further reading edit
- Amasia (continent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From the Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /a.maˈsiː.a/, [ämäˈs̠iːä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /a.maˈsi.a/, [ämäˈs̬iːä]
Noun edit
Amasīa 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 edit
First-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