Amerika

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

Contents

English

Etymology

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.

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Amerika.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America

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Albanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika f

1. definite nominative of Amerikë

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Cebuano

Etymology

From English America.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika

1. the United States of America
2. the Americas

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Amerika.

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Czech

Etymology

New Latin America

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɛrɪka]
• Rhymes: -ɪka

Proper noun

Amerika f

1. America (continents)
2. America (the U.S.A.)

Derived terms

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

 

Further reading

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

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Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/
• (Netherlands)

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  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika n

1. America

Derived terms

• Amerikaan

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German

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːʀika/

• audio

  (file)

Proper noun

Amerika n (plural Amerika)

1. (continent) America
2. (nation) the United States of America

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

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Gilbertese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America

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Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmɛrikɒ]

• Audio

  (file)

• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Amerika	Amerikák
accusative	Amerikát	Amerikákat
dative	Amerikának	Amerikáknak
instrumental	Amerikával	Amerikákkal
causal-final	Amerikáért	Amerikákért
translative	Amerikává	Amerikákká
terminative	Amerikáig	Amerikákig
essive-formal	Amerikaként	Amerikákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Amerikában	Amerikákban
superessive	Amerikán	Amerikákon
adessive	Amerikánál	Amerikáknál
illative	Amerikába	Amerikákba
sublative	Amerikára	Amerikákra
allative	Amerikához	Amerikákhoz
elative	Amerikából	Amerikákból
delative	Amerikáról	Amerikákról
ablative	Amerikától	Amerikáktól

Possessive forms of Amerika
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Amerikám	Amerikáim
2nd person sing.	Amerikád	Amerikáid
3rd person sing.	Amerikája	Amerikái
1st person plural	Amerikánk	Amerikáink
2nd person plural	Amerikátok	Amerikáitok
3rd person plural	Amerikájuk	Amerikáik

Derived terms

Derived terms

• amerikaellenes
• amerikai
• Dél-Amerika

• Észak-Amerika
• Közép-Amerika

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Indonesian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (the continent)
2. United States (the country)

Derived terms

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

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Japanese

Romanization

Amerika

1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

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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 landmass to the west of Eurasia, discovered by Christopher Columbus in 1492)

   Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekē ― the geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque

2. America (the country officially called the United States of 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

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Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɐmʲɛrʲɪkɐ/

Proper noun

Amerika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

1. America
2. The Americas

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

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Maltese

Etymology

Proper noun

L-Amerika

1. Amerika

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America, or the Americas (the combined continents of North and South America, as well as Central America)
2. America (short form of the United States of America)

Related terms

• amerikaner
• amerikansk
• Amerikas forente stater
• Latin-Amerika

• Mellom-Amerika
• Nord-Amerika
• Sentral-Amerika
• Sør-Amerika

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America, or the Americas (the combined continents of North and South America, as well as Central America)
2. America (short form of the United States of America)

Related terms

• amerikanar
• amerikansk
• Latin-Amerika
• Mellom-Amerika

• Nord-Amerika
• Sentral-Amerika
• Sør-Amerika

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Novial

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America

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Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

• Amerikaa (rare)

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (continent)
2. America, the United States of America

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

1. 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

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Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ́ːrika/
• Tonal orthography: amȇrika

Proper noun

Amêrika f (genitive Amêrike)

1. America (continent)
2. America (United States)

Declension

Declension of Amêrika (feminine, a-stem)

	singular
nominative	Amêrika
accusative	Amêriko
genitive	Amêrike
dative	Amêriki
locative	Amêriki
instrumental	Amêriko

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• Američàn / Američánka
• amêriški

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Swahili

Etymology

From English America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɛ.ɾi.kɑ/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America, in the sense of the continent
2. (nonstandard) United States of America

   Synonym: Marekani

Derived terms

• Amerika ya Kaskazini
• Amerika ya Kusini

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Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ameːˈrɪka/

Proper noun

Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

1. America

Derived terms

• amerikan
• amerikanare
• amerikansk
• amerikanska
• amerikanisera
• Nordamerika
• Sydamerika
• Centralamerika
• Latinamerika

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Turkish

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ameˈɾica/

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (continent)
2. (colloquial) United States of America (abbreviated)

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Uzbek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

1. America (continent)
2. (colloquial) United States of America (abbreviated)

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

See also

• ABD
• Amerika Birleşik Devletleri