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Amerikay
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English
Alternative forms
en Americay
en Amerique
en Amerrique
Pronunciation
en /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.keɪ/
Proper noun
en poetic America.
en ca. 1760 Anonymous Brave Wolfe Then forth went this brave youth and crossed the oceanTo 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.