أميركا

Arabic

Alternative forms

Proper noun

أَمِيرِكَا • (ʾamērikāf

  1. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
  2. 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

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.meːr.ka/, [ʔaˈmeːr.ka]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Proper noun

أميركا • (ʔamērkaf

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
  2. (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