Amerige

== Latin == === Etymology === Coined by German cartographers Martin Waldseemüller and Matthias Ringmann in 1507 in their Cosmographiae Introductio, from a blend of Amerī̆cus (“Amerigo”) +‎ Ancient Greek γῆ (gê, “earth, land”), literally “Land of Amerigo”. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [a.mɛˈriː.ɡeː], [aˈmɛ.rɪ.ɡeː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [a.meˈriː.d͡ʒe], [aˈmɛː.ri.d͡ʒe] === Proper noun === Amerī̆gē f sg (genitive Amerī̆gēs); first declension (Renaissance Latin, hapax legomenon) 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 (feminine, Greek-type, nominative singular in -ē), singular only. This word is only attested in the accusative singular form Amerī̆gēn; thus, the rest of the forms shown above are hypothetical. === References ===