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Sør-Amerika
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Norwegian Bokmål
South America,no:Sør-Amerika
thumb|Satellite image of South America.
Etymology
From nb sør Amerika south America. The second element is ultimately from New Latin la America, generally understood to have been named after the Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci; see nb Amerika for the deeper etymology.
Compare nn Sør-Amerika, da Sydamerika, sv Sydamerika, de Südamerika, nl Zuid-Amerika and en South America.
Pronunciation
nb /ˈsøːr.aˌmeː.rɪ.ka/
nb øːrameːrɪka 5
nb Sør- A me ri ka
Proper noun
nb proper noun
nb South America Q18
nb 2020 no Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson På naturens skuldre 36 da kjempedovendyret i Sør-Amerika forsvant for omtrent ti tusen år siden …, mistet avokadoen sin frøspreder when the giant ground sloth in South America disappeared about ten thousand years ago …, the avocado lost its seed disperser
Derived terms
nb søramerikaner<t:South American> søramerikansk<t:South American> 0
See also
References
“Sør-Amerika” in Store norske leksikon.
“Amerika” in Store norske leksikon.
Norwegian Nynorsk
nn:
Etymology
From nn sør Amerika.
Proper noun
nn proper noun
nn South America Q18
Related terms
nn søramerikanar
nn søramerikansk