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Amerika

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

English Edit

Etymology 1 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.
    • 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 Edit

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

Etymology Edit

From Dutch Amerika.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /aˈmɪərəka/
  • Audio(file)

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

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Albanian Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

  1. definite nominative singular of Amerikë

Cebuano Edit

Etymology Edit

From English America.

Pronunciation Edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Quotations Edit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.

Cornish Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Czech Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation Edit

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

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

Declension of Amerika (sg-only hard feminine)
singular
nominative Amerika
genitive Ameriky
dative Americe
accusative Ameriku
vocative Ameriko
locative Americe
instrumental Amerikou

Derived terms Edit

Related terms Edit

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

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

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

Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

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 Edit

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

Descendants Edit

  • Afrikaans: Amerika
  • Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki

References Edit

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

Fijian Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

  1. America (a continent)

German Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /aˈmeːʁika/
  • IPA(key): /ɑˈmɛɐ̯ʀikɑ/ (Austria)
  • Audio(file)
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

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

Synonyms Edit

Derived terms Edit

Further reading Edit

  • “Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese Edit

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Hungarian Edit

 Amerika on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

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

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Declension Edit

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 Edit

Compound words

See also Edit

Indonesian Edit

Etymology Edit

From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Derived terms Edit

See also Edit

Japanese Edit

Romanization Edit

Amerika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

Latvian Edit

 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 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 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

Limburgish Edit

 
Limburgish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia li
 
Limburgish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia li

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from New Latin America. The Limburgish village is named as such for its remote location[1].

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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

References Edit

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

Lithuanian Edit

 
Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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 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

 
Maltese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia mt

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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

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Norwegian Bokmål Edit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

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Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

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Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology Edit

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Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

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Pennsylvania German Edit

Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

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Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Samoan Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

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

Amȇrika f

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

Inflection Edit

 
 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 Edit

Related terms Edit

Further reading Edit

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

Swahili Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from English America.

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

See also Edit

(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 Edit

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

Tagalog Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Spanish América, from New Latin America, ultimately derived from the first name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

Pronunciation Edit

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

Proper noun Edit

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 Edit

See also Edit

Further reading Edit

Turkish Edit

Etymology Edit

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

Pronunciation Edit

Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

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

Derived terms Edit

Uzbek Edit

Etymology Edit

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Pronunciation Edit

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Proper noun Edit

Amerika

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

Declension Edit

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

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