أميركا
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā)
- أَمْرِيكَة (ʔamrīka)
Proper noun
أَمِيرِكَا • (ʾamērikā) 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)
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أميركا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
- أمريكا (ʔamrīka)
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
أميركا • (ʔamērka) f
- America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
- (colloquial) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
- Synonym: الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide)
Derived terms
- أميركاني (ʔamērkāni, “American”)
- أميركا الشماليّة (ʔamērka š-šamāliyye, “North American”)
- أميركا الجنوبيّة (ʔamērka l-janūbiyye, “South American”)