Amasia

See also: amasia and amásia

English

Etymology

Blend of Am(erica) +‎ (Eur)asia.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈmeɪʒə/

Proper noun

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

(hypothetical future supercontinent): Neopangaea, Novopangaea, Pangaea II, Pangaea Proxima, Pangaea Ultima

Translations

hypothetical future supercontinent formed of Eurasia and North America

Further reading

Amasia (continent) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

Maasai

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἀμάσεια (Amáseia).

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /a.maˈsiː.a/

Noun

Amasīa f (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

First declension, with locative.

Case	Singular
Nominative	Amasīa
Genitive	Amasīae
Dative	Amasīae
Accusative	Amasīam
Ablative	Amasīā
Vocative	Amasīa
Locative	Amasīae

References

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

Amasea on the Latin Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^la

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