Amerika

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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 2Edit

Proper nounEdit

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.

AfrikaansEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Dutch Amerika.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /aˈmɪərəka/
  • (file)

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

See alsoEdit

AlbanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

  1. definite nominative singular of Amerikë

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English America.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: a‧me‧ri‧ka

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

QuotationsEdit

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.

CornishEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

CzechEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from New Latin America.

PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Amerika f

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

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

Further readingEdit

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

DanishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

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.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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 termsEdit

DescendantsEdit

  • Afrikaans: Amerika
  • Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki

ReferencesEdit

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

FijianEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

  1. America (a continent)

GermanEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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], 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 quote)

Usage notesEdit

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

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

  • Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

GilberteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

HungarianEdit

 Amerika on Hungarian Wikipedia

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

DeclensionEdit

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 termsEdit

Compound words

See alsoEdit

IndonesianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

Derived termsEdit

See alsoEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

Amerika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

LatvianEdit

 Amerika on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Amerika

EtymologyEdit

From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512).

PronunciationEdit

(file)

Proper nounEdit

Amerika f (4th declension)

  1. America (the continents of North America and South America)
    Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekēthe geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque
  2. United States of America (a country in North America)
    Amerikas pilsoņu karšthe American civil war
    Amerikas prezidents Baraks Obama pēc 2009.gada novembrī plānotās vizītes Ķīnā nolēmis personīgi tikties ar Tibetas garīgo līderi Dalailamuthe American President Barack Obama, after his planned visit to China in 2009, decided to meet personally with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama

DeclensionEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

See alsoEdit

LithuanianEdit

 
Lithuanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia lt

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

SynonymsEdit

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MalteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

L-Amerika

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

Norwegian BokmålEdit

 
Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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Proper nounEdit

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 NynorskEdit

 
Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

EtymologyEdit

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Proper nounEdit

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 GermanEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

SamoanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

Serbo-CroatianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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

Proper nounEdit

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)

DeclensionEdit

SloveneEdit

 
Slovene Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sl

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amȇrika f

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

InflectionEdit

Feminine, a-stem
nominative Amêrika
genitive Amêrike
singular
nominative
(imenovȃlnik)
Amêrika
genitive
(rodȋlnik)
dative
(dajȃlnik)
accusative
(tožȋlnik)
locative
(mẹ̑stnik)
Amêriki
instrumental
(orọ̑dnik)
Amêriko

SynonymsEdit

Related termsEdit

Further readingEdit

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

SwahiliEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English America.

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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 termsEdit

See alsoEdit

(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]

SwedishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

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 termsEdit

TagalogEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Spanish América.

PronunciationEdit

  • Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka
  • IPA(key): /ʔaˌmeɾiˈka/, [ʔɐˌme.ɾɪˈxa]

Proper nounEdit

Amériká

  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 termsEdit

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TurkishEdit

EtymologyEdit

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

PronunciationEdit

Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

DeclensionEdit

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UzbekEdit

EtymologyEdit

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PronunciationEdit

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Proper nounEdit

Amerika

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

DeclensionEdit

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