Amerika

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.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Amerika.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

  1. America

Albanian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika f

  1. definite nominative of Amerikë

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.


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

Further reading

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

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amerika

  1. America

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/
  • (Netherlands)
    (file)
  • Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Amerika n

  1. America

Derived terms


German

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aˈmeːʀika/
  • (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

Derived terms


Gilbertese

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

  1. America

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɒmɛrikɒ]
  • (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


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

Japanese

Romanization

Amerika

  1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

Latvian

Amerika

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [amɛɾika]
(file)

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, Sigvatepekēthe geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque
  2. America (the country officially called the United States of 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

Declension

Derived terms

See also


Lithuanian

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɐmʲɛrʲɪkɐ/

Proper noun

Amerika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

  1. America
  2. The Americas

Declension

Synonyms

  • (The Americas): Amèrikos žemýnas

Derived terms


Maltese

Etymology

Proper noun

L-Amerika

  1. Amerika

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)

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)

Novial

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

  1. America

Pennsylvania German

Alternative forms

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

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

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

  1. America

Declension


Slovene

Etymology

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Amêrika f (genitive Amêrike)

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

Declension

Synonyms


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


Swedish

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameːˈrɪka/

Proper noun

Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

  1. America

Derived terms


Turkish

Etymology

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ameˈɾica/

Proper noun

Amerika

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

Uzbek

Etymology

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Amerika

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

Declension

See also

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