America

== English == === Alternative forms === (the United States of America): Merica / 'Murica / 'murica (nonstandard, often jocular or representing dialect) Amerikkka (derogatory slang) (North and South America): Americas Amerikay (in folk songs) === Etymology === Learned borrowing from New Latin America, feminine Latinized form of the Italian first name of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is an Italian name derived from a Germanic language and is etymologically related to Henry and Emmerich. The earliest known use of America for the (South) American continent is on a 1507 map by Martin Waldseemüller; see Naming of the Americas for more. Although this is the most widely accepted derivation, it has also been suggested that it could originate from the name of the Amerrisque mountains in Nicaragua (from Mayan), and another disputed theory is that it derives from the surname of Richard Amerike (1440–1503), whose surname is an anglicised form of Welsh ap Meurig (“son of Meurig”), from Old Welsh Mouric, which could be a rendition of Latin Mauritius (compare Maurice). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kə/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹ.ə.kə/, /əˈmɛɹ.kə/ Rhymes: -ɛɹɪkə (Indic) IPA(key): /əm(ɛ)ˈrɪkɑ/, /əˈmerɪkɑ/ (nonstandard) IPA(key): /əˈmɚ.ɪ.kə/, /əˈmɚ.ə.kə/ (obsolete) IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.keɪ/, /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.kɔː/ === Proper noun === America (plural Americas) A supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas. A country in North America; in full, United States of America. 2022 April 3, Roisin Conaty & al., Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Channel 4: Captain America, how did he get his powers?I think he... he got bitten by America. A female given name. A town in Limburg, Netherlands. ==== Usage notes ==== In English, the unqualified term America often refers to the United States of America as a synecdoche, with American typically referring to people and things from that country. The sense of the Americas varies in commonness between regions in contemporary English, but is found in certain circumstances, such as in reference to the Organization of American States. ==== Synonyms ==== (North and South America) Americas (United States of America) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Burmese: အမေရိက (a.meri.ka.) → Chinese: 亞美利加 / 亚美利加 → Hawaiian: ʻAmelika → Japanese: アメリカ → Malay: Amerika → Māori: Amerika → Okinawan: アミリカ, アメリカ → Tagalog: Amerika → Tokelauan: Amelika ==== Translations ==== === See also === === References === === Further reading === America on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === First attested as Amerika in 1838-1857. Derived from New Latin America. The settlement was named for its remote location. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/ Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ca Homophone: Amerika === Proper noun === America n a village in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands Synonym: Turftreiersriek (Carnival nickname) === References === van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN == Italian == === Etymology === From New Latin America. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmɛ.ri.ka/ Rhymes: -ɛrika Hyphenation: A‧mè‧ri‧ca === Proper noun === America f America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lamerika === Anagrams === amicare, camerai, macaire, macerai, rameica == Latin == === Etymology === Feminine form of Americus, the Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). Amerigo is the Italian form of a Germanic personal name (see Emmerich). First recorded in 1507 (together with the related term Amerigen) in the Cosmographiae Introductio, apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, in reference to South America; first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538. Amerigen means "land of Amerigo" and derives from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". America accorded with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.mɛˈriː.ka], [aˈmɛ.rɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.meˈriː.ka], [aˈmɛː.ri.ka] Note: the length of the /i/ can be long, and that form is well-attested in Latin literature; for example, Rafael Landívar's Rusticatio Mexicana. This form is mostly attested in poetry, and it corresponds more closely to the Italian pronunciation of Amerigo. === Proper noun === Amerī̆ca f (genitive Amerī̆cae); first declension (New Latin) America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Descendants ==== → Bulgarian: Аме́рика (Amérika) Dutch: Amerika, America English: America → Burmese: အမေရိက (a.meri.ka.) → Chinese: 亞美利加 / 亚美利加 → Japanese: アメリカ → Malay: Amerika → Māori: Amerika → Tagalog: Amerika → Tokelauan: Amelika Italian: America →⇒ Slavomolisano: Lamerika → Macedonian: Аме́рика (Amérika) Occitan: America Romanian: America → Russian: Аме́рика (Amérika) → Eastern Mari: Америке (Amerike) → Serbo-Croatian: Аме́рика → Ukrainian: Аме́рика (Améryka) → Welsh: America === References === America in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)), Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎[9], pre-publication website, 2005-2016 == Occitan == === Etymology === From New Latin America. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ameˈɾiko̞/ === Proper noun === America f America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas) ==== Derived terms ==== America del Nòrd America centrala America del Sud american == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin America. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [aˈme.ri.ka] === Proper noun === America f (plural Americi) America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== America Centrală America de Nord America de Sud american == Welsh == === Etymology === From New Latin America. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /aˈmɛrɪka/ === Proper noun === America f America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America) ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== yr Amerig (“the Americas”) === See also === === Mutation ===