ອາເມລິກາ

Lao

Alternative forms

  • ອະເມລິກາ (ʼa mē li kā), ອະເມຣິກາ (ʼa mē ri kā), ອາເມຣິກາ (ʼā mē ri kā)

Etymology

Borrowed from English America.

Pronunciation

  • (Vientiane) IPA(key): [ʔaː˩(˧).meː˧˥.liʔ˧.kaː˩(˧)]
  • (Luang Prabang) IPA(key): [ʔaː˩˨.meː˩˨.liʔ˧˨.kaː˩˨]
  • Hyphenation: ອາ-ເມ-ລິ-ກາ
  • Rhymes: -aː

Proper noun

ອາເມລິກາ • (ʼā mē li kā)

  1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
    ທະວີບອາເມລິກາ ― tha wīp ʼā mē li kā ― Americas (continent)
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, ສະຫະລັດອາເມລິກາ (sa ha lat ʼā mē li kā, “United States of America”))
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