Amerikay

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.keɪ/

Proper noun

Amerikay

  1. (poetic) America.
    • ca. 1760, anonymous author, “Brave Wolfe”:
      Then forth went this brave youth and crossed the ocean
      To free Amerikay was his intention

Usage notes

Almost exclusively found in folk songs, where the replacement of the final schwa in "America" with a more readily stressable /eɪ/ vowel improves scansion.

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