Amerika

From German Amerika, in imitation of the German-speaking Nazis.

• IPA^(key): /əˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/

Amerika

1. (derogatory, politics) America, i.e. the United States of America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
   • 1971, Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book‎^[1], page 4:

     Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika.

   • 2008 April 30, Zoe Trodd, American Protest Literature, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 444:

     CARL WITTMAN From Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto 1969
     If the gay liberation movement began on the East Coast with the Stonewall riots, it began on the West Coast with the publication of "Refugees from Amerika."

• Amerikkka

Amerika

1. A female given name, variant of America.
   • 2008, Sam Warren, Tales from the Tijuana Jails, Bookwarren Publishing Servi, →ISBN, page 203:

     […] As far as he could determine, the victim had been stealing from Amerika in order to support his crystal habit. The victim had also been Amerika's lover and had lived in the carraca with her.

From Dutch Amerika.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɪərəka/

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Amerika

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

• IPA^(key): /amɛɾiˈka/

Amerika

1. definite nominative singular of Amerikë

Amerika

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

   Synonyms: Amerika Birləşmiş Ştatları, ABŞ

• amerikalı

• amerikan

From English America.

• Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Amerika

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)

For quotations using this term, see Citations:Amerika.

Amerika

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

Borrowed from New Latin America.

• IPA^(key): [ˈamɛrɪka]
• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -ɪka

Amerika f (relational adjective americký, demonym Američan or (rare) Amerikánec, female demonym Američanka)

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

• “Amerika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Amerika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

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• IPA^(key): /a.ˈmeː(.)ri.ka/, [aˈmeːˀʁikʰa], [aˈmeɐ̯ˀikʰa], [ɑˈmeɐ̯ˀikʰa]

Amerika

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

From New Latin America, named after cartographer Amerigo Vespucci.

The hamlet first appears in the written record in 1909 as Nieuw Amerika. It is named after the continent.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/

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• Rhymes: -eːrikaː
• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Homophone: America

Amerika n (plural Amerika's (referring to the supercontinent))

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
3. a hamlet in Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

• Afrikaans: Amerika
• Negerhollands: Ameriki, Meriki
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: Ameriki, Meriki

• van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

Amerika

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

• America (obsolete)

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• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːʁika/
• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɛɐ̯ʀikɑ/ (Austria)

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• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka

Amerika n (proper noun, genitive Amerikas or (optionally with an article) Amerika, plural Amerika)

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, United States of America)
   • 1827, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Den Vereinigten Staaten”, in Zahme Xenien‎^[2], section 9:

     Amerika, du hast es besser / Als unser Kontinent, das alte, / Hast keine verfallene Schlösser / Und keine Basalte.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• The plural Amerika refers to North America (German: Nordamerika) and South America (German: Südamerika).

• (USA): USA, US-Amerika, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika

• Nordamerika, Mittelamerika, Zentralamerika, Südamerika
• US-Amerika

• amerikanisch

• English: Amerika

• “Amerika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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• IPA^(key): /ameɾika/

Amerika

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)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒmɛrikɒ]

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• Hyphenation: Ame‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Amerika

1. (informal) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerikai Egyesült Államok)
2. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)

• amerikai

Borrowed from New Latin America.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ameˈrika/ [a.meˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Amérika

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

Amerika

1. Rōmaji transcription of アメリカ

From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512).

• IPA^(key): [amɛɾika]

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Amerika f (4th declension)

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

   Amerikas ģeogrāfiskais centrs atrodas Hondurasā, Sigvatepekē ― the geographic center of America is located in Honduras, in Siguatepeque

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

   Amerikas pilsoņu karš ― the American civil war

   Amerikas prezidents Baraks Obama pēc 2009.gada novembrī plānotās vizītes Ķīnā nolēmis personīgi tikties ar Tibetas garīgo līderi Dalailamu ― the American President Barack Obama, after his planned visit to China in 2009, decided to meet personally with the Tibetan spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama

• Amerikas Savienotās Valstis
• Centrālamerika
• Dienvidamerika
• Latīņamerika
• Ziemeļamerika

• amerikānis, amerikāniete
• amerikānisks
• amerikānisms

• kontinents
• The Earth's continents (Zemes kontinenti):
  Eirāzija (Eiropa, Āzija) - Āfrika - Amerika (Ziemeļamerika, Dienvidamerika) - Okeānija (Austrālija) - Antarktīda/Antarktika

Borrowed from New Latin America. The Limburgish village is named as such for its remote location.^[1]

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.me.ʁi.kaː/

Amerika n (Veldeke spelling)

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. a village in Horst aan de Maas, Limburg, Netherlands

   Holonym: Haors aan de Maas

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• IPA^(key): /ɐˈmʲɛrʲɪkɐ/

Amèrika f (plural Amèrikos) stress pattern 1

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

• (The Americas): Amèrikos žemýnas

• Jungti̇̀nės Amèrikos Valsti̇̀jos
• Centri̇̀nė Amèrika
• Lotỹnų Amèrika
• Šiáurės Amèrika
• Pietų̃ Amèrika

Borrowed from English America.

• IPA^(key): /amɛˈrika/ [a.mɛˈri.ka], /əmɛˈrika/ [ə.mɛˈri.ka]

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• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Amerika (Jawi spelling اميريکا)

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

   Bahasa Inggeris bahasa kebangsaan de facto Amerika.

   English is the de facto national language 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)

   Pertubuhan Negara-Negara Amerika ― Organization of American States

• “Amerika” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

• IPA^(key): /aˈmɛː.rɪ.ka/

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L-Amerika f

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

   Synonyms: Stati Uniti, Stati Uniti tal-Amerika

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Amerika

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Amerika

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

• Amerikaa (rare)

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Amerika

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

• IPA^(key): /a.me.ɾi.ka/

Amerika

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)

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• IPA^(key): /aměrika/
• Hyphenation: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Amèrika f (Cyrillic spelling Амѐрика)

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

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• IPA^(key): /amɛ́ːrika/

Amȇrika f

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Zdrúžene držáve Amêrike)

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Amêrika
genitive	Amêrike
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Amêrika
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Amêrike
dative (dajȃlnik)	Amêriki
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Amêriko
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Amêriki
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Amêriko

• (United States): Zdrúžene držáve, ZDA

• Američàn / Američánka
• amêriški

• “Amerika”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Borrowed from English America.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈmɛ.ɾi.kɑ/

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Amerika

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

   Synonym: Marekani

• Amerika ya Kaskazini
• Amerika ya Kusini

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• IPA^(key): /aˈmeːrɪka/

Amerika n (genitive Amerikas)

1. America, the Americas (a supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole; in full, the Americas)
2. (sometimes proscribed) America, United States of America (a country in North America; in full, Amerikas förenta stater)

   Synonyms: Förenta staterna, Staterna, USA, (humorous) Amerikat

• Amerika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)

Borrowed from Spanish América, from New Latin America, ultimately derived from the first name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ʔaˈmeɾika/ [ʔɐˌmɛː.ɾɪˈxa]
• Rhymes: -eɾika
• Syllabification: A‧me‧ri‧ka

Amériká (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜋᜒᜇᜒᜃ)

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

   Synonyms: Estados Unidos, (slang) Tate

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

• “Amerika”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
• Cuadrado Muñiz, Adolfo (1972) Hispanismos en el tagalo: diccionario de vocablos de origen español vigentes en esta lengua filipina, Madrid: Oficina de Educación Iberoamericana, page 30

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آمریقا (“Amerika”), from Italian America.

• IPA^(key): /ɑˈme.ɾi.kɑ/

Amerika

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)

• Kuzey Amerika
• Güney Amerika

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Amerika

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, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri)

   Synonym: ABD