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Etymology 1

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

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Amerika

  1. (derogatory, politics) America, i.e. the United States of 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."
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Amerika

  1. A female given name, 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

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Etymology

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From Dutch Amerika.

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  • IPA(key): /aˈmɪərəka/
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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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Albanian

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Amerika

  1. definite nominative singular of Amerikë

Azerbaijani

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. (informal) America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    Synonyms: Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları, ABŞ

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Declension of Amerika
singular plural
nominative AmerikaAmerikalar
definite accusative AmerikanıAmerikaları
dative AmerikayaAmerikalara
locative AmerikadaAmerikalarda
ablative AmerikadanAmerikalardan
definite genitive AmerikanınAmerikaların
Possessive forms of Amerika
nominative
singular plural
mənim (my) Amerikam Amerikalarım
sənin (your) Amerikan Amerikaların
onun (his/her/its) Amerikası Amerikaları
bizim (our) Amerikamız Amerikalarımız
sizin (your) Amerikanız Amerikalarınız
onların (their) Amerikası or Amerikaları Amerikaları
accusative
singular plural
mənim (my) Amerikamı Amerikalarımı
sənin (your) Amerikanı Amerikalarını
onun (his/her/its) Amerikasını Amerikalarını
bizim (our) Amerikamızı Amerikalarımızı
sizin (your) Amerikanızı Amerikalarınızı
onların (their) Amerikasını or Amerikalarını Amerikalarını
dative
singular plural
mənim (my) Amerikama Amerikalarıma
sənin (your) Amerikana Amerikalarına
onun (his/her/its) Amerikasına Amerikalarına
bizim (our) Amerikamıza Amerikalarımıza
sizin (your) Amerikanıza Amerikalarınıza
onların (their) Amerikasına or Amerikalarına Amerikalarına
locative
singular plural
mənim (my) Amerikamda Amerikalarımda
sənin (your) Amerikanda Amerikalarında
onun (his/her/its) Amerikasında Amerikalarında
bizim (our) Amerikamızda Amerikalarımızda
sizin (your) Amerikanızda Amerikalarınızda
onların (their) Amerikasında or Amerikalarında Amerikalarında
ablative
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mənim (my) Amerikamdan Amerikalarımdan
sənin (your) Amerikandan Amerikalarından
onun (his/her/its) Amerikasından Amerikalarından
bizim (our) Amerikamızdan Amerikalarımızdan
sizin (your) Amerikanızdan Amerikalarınızdan
onların (their) Amerikasından or Amerikalarından Amerikalarından
genitive
singular plural
mənim (my) Amerikamın Amerikalarımın
sənin (your) Amerikanın Amerikalarının
onun (his/her/its) Amerikasının Amerikalarının
bizim (our) Amerikamızın Amerikalarımızın
sizin (your) Amerikanızın Amerikalarınızın
onların (their) Amerikasının or Amerikalarının Amerikalarının

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Etymology

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From English America.

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  • Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka

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Amerika

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

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For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.

Cornish

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Amerika

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

Czech

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Etymology

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Borrowed from New Latin America.

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

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Amerika f (relational adjective americký, demonym Američan or (rare) Amerikánec, female demonym Američanka)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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Further reading

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

Danish

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

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

Dutch

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Etymology

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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.

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Amerika n (plural Amerika's (referring to the supercontinent))

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
  3. A hamlet in Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

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  • Afrikaans: Amerika
  • Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki

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

Fijian

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

German

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Amerika n (proper noun, genitive Amerikas or (optionally with an article) Amerika, plural Amerika)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, 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.
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  • The plural Amerika refers to North America (German: Nordamerika) and South America (German: Südamerika).

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Further reading

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  • Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Gilbertese

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Amerika

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

Hungarian

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 Amerika on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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

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Amerika

  1. (informal) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerikai Egyesült Államok)
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

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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

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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Amerika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

Latvian

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 Amerika on Latvian Wikipedia
 
Amerika

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

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Amerika f (4th declension)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
    Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekēthe geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque
  2. America, 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

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Declension of Amerika (4th declension)
singular plural
nominative Amerika
genitive Amerikas
dative Amerikai
accusative Ameriku
instrumental Ameriku
locative Amerikā
vocative Amerika

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Limburgish

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

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Amerika n (Veldeke spelling)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. A village in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands
    Holonym: Haors aan de Maas

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

Lithuanian

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Amèrika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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Declension of Amèrika
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

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Malay

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Borrowed from English America.

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Amerika (Jawi spelling اميريکا)

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    Bahasa Inggeris bahasa kebangsaan de facto Amerika.
    English is the de facto national language of America.
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
    Pertubuhan Negara-Negara AmerikaOrganization of American States

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Maltese

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L-Amerika f

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    Synonyms: Stati Uniti, Stati Uniti tal-Amerika

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

Samoan

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Amerika

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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

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Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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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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Amȇrika f

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Zdrúžene držáve Amêrike)

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

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Further reading

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  • Amerika”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Swahili

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English America.

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. (nonstandard) America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    Synonym: Marekani

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Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. (sometimes proscribed) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerikas förenta stater)
    Synonyms: Förenta staterna, Staterna, USA, (humorous) Amerikat

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Etymology

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

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Amériká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜇᜒᜃ)

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    Synonyms: Estados Unidos, (slang) Tate
  2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)

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Further reading

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  • Amerika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

Turkish

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Etymology

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

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. (colloquial) America, United States of America (a country in North America)

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Uzbek

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Etymology

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Amerika

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole)
  2. (colloquial) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri)
    Synonym: ABD

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Declension of Amerika
singular plural
nominative Amerika Amerikalar
genitive Amerikaning Amerikalarning
dative Amerikaga Amerikalarga
definite accusative Amerikani Amerikalarni
locative Amerikada Amerikalarda
ablative Amerikadan Amerikalardan
similative Amerikadek Amerikalardek
Possessive forms of Amerika
1st person singular
singular plural
nominative Amerikam Amerikalarim
genitive Amerikamning Amerikalarimning
dative Amerikamga Amerikalarimga
definite accusative Amerikamni Amerikalarimni
locative Amerikamda Amerikalarimda
ablative Amerikamdan Amerikalarimdan
similative Amerikamdek Amerikalarimdek
2nd person singular
singular plural
nominative Amerikang Amerikalaring
genitive Amerikangning Amerikalaringning
dative Amerikangga Amerikalaringga
definite accusative Amerikangni Amerikalaringni
locative Amerikangda Amerikalaringda
ablative Amerikangdan Amerikalaringdan
similative Amerikangdek Amerikalaringdek
3rd person singular
singular plural
nominative Amerikasi Amerikalari
genitive Amerikasining Amerikalarining
dative Amerikasiga Amerikalariga
definite accusative Amerikasini Amerikalarini
locative Amerikasida Amerikalarida
ablative Amerikasidan Amerikalaridan
similative Amerikasidek Amerikalaridek
1st person plural
singular plural
nominative Amerikamiz Amerikalarimiz
genitive Amerikamizning Amerikalarimizning
dative Amerikamizga Amerikalarimizga
definite accusative Amerikamizni Amerikalarimizni
locative Amerikamizda Amerikalarimizda
ablative Amerikamizdan Amerikalarimizdan
similative Amerikamizdek Amerikalarimizdek
2nd person plural
singular plural
nominative Amerikangiz Amerikalaringiz
genitive Amerikangizning Amerikalaringizning
dative Amerikangizga Amerikalaringizga
definite accusative Amerikangizni Amerikalaringizni
locative Amerikangizda Amerikalaringizda
ablative Amerikangizdan Amerikalaringizdan
similative Amerikangizdek Amerikalaringizdek
3rd person plural
singular plural
nominative Amerikasi Amerikalari
genitive Amerikasining Amerikalarining
dative Amerikasiga Amerikalariga
definite accusative Amerikasini Amerikalarini
locative Amerikasida Amerikalarida
ablative Amerikasidan Amerikalaridan
similative Amerikasidek Amerikalaridek