أمريكا
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā), أَمْرِيكَة (ʔamrīka)
Etymology
Possibly from Latin Amerīca (with stress on long ī).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔam.riː.kaː/
Proper noun
أَمْرِيكَا • (ʔamrīkā) f
- America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
- America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
Declension
| singular | singular invariable | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | construct | |
| informal | — | أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā |
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| nominative | — | أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā |
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| accusative | — | أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā |
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| genitive | — | أَمْرِيكَا ʔamrīkā |
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See also
- أَمْرِيكِيّ (ʔamrīkiyy)
References
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أمريكا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
Further reading
- أمريكا on the Arabic Wikipedia.Wikipedia ar
South Levantine Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā).
Proper noun
أمريكا • (ʔamrīka) f
- alternative form of أميركا (ʔamērka):
- America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
- America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)