America

America América Amèrica americà English Alternative forms the United States of America en Merica 'Murica 'murica nonstandard, often jocular or representing dialect en Amerikkka derogatory slang North and South America en Americas en Amerikay in folk songs Etymology en the Americas :lbor la-new:America<id:the Americas> 1 en la-new America, feminine Latinized form of the Italian first name of Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). it Amerigo is an en it - name derived from a en gem - language and is etymologically related to en Henry and en Emmerich. The earliest known use of America for the (South) American continent is on a 1507 map by Martin Waldseemüller;Merriam-Webster Online, Mapping Out the Naming of 'America'http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem/gmd:@field%28NUMBER+@band%28g3200+ct000725C%29%29 https://web.archive.org/web/20090109175922/http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/h?ammem%2Fgmd%3A%40field%28NUMBER+%40band%28g3200+ct000725C%29%29 January 9, 2009 Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes. September 8, 2014; http://lccn.loc.gov/2003626426 Universalis cosmographia secundum Ptholomaei traditionem et Americi Vespucii alioru[m]que lustrationes Library of Congress Washington, DC Martin Waldseemüller 2003626426 April 18, 2014 see Naming of the Americas for more. Although this is the most widely accepted derivation, it has also been suggested that it could originate from the name of the Amerrisque mountains in Nicaragua (from en myn -), and another disputed theory is that it derives from the surname of Richard Amerike (1440–1503), whose surname is an anglicised form of Welsh cy ap Meurig son of Meurig, from en owl Mouric, which could be a rendition of la Mauritius (compare en Maurice).The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland. (2016). United Kingdom: OUP Oxford, p. 1881 Pronunciation en /əˈmɛɹɪkə/ RP,SSB en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-America.wav Southern England en /əˈmɛɹɪkə/ /əˈmɛɹəkə/ /əˈmɛɹkə/ GA,CA en En-us-America.ogg US en /əˈmeɹəkə/ AU,NZ en /əˈmɛɾɪkə/ Scotland,Wales en ɛɹɪkə 4 nonstandard en /əˈmɚ.ɪkə/ /əˈmɚ.əkə/ obsolete en /əˈmɛɹɪkeɪ/ /əˈmɛɹɪkɔː/II 49 en /əmɛ(ː)ˈrɪkɑː/ /əˈme(ː)rɪkɑː/ /əmˈɾi(ː)kɑː/ /ɐ̃mˈɾi(ː)käː/ India,Pakistan,Nepal,Bangladesh,Sri Lanka,Indic Proper noun s en Q828en supercontinent consisting of North America, Central America and South America regarded as a whole the Americas + the Americas. en 1847 w:Joseph Dalton Hooker On the Vegetation of the Galapagos Archipelago, as compared with that of some other Tropical Islands and of the Continent of America Transactions of the Linnean Society of London 235262 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1846.tb00417.x The results of my examination ... for the most part allied to plants of the cooler part of America, or the uplands of the tropical latitudes ... en 1890 Encyclopaedia Britannica 796 the Marsupials or pouched animals, being found throughout the continent of America, from the United States to Patagonia en 2009 w:Diarmaid MacCulloch A History of Christianity Penguin 2010 691 Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call ‘the New World’, or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, ‘America’. en Q30en country cont/North America United States of America + United States of America. en 1837 1977 237 w:Mauprat w:George Sand Stanley Young Cassandra Editions https://books.google.co.nz/books?id=NTTeAwAAQBAJ 9780897338677 For a long time the dormouse and polecat had seemed to him overfeeble enemies for his restless valour, even as the granary floor seemed to afford too narrow a field. Every day he read the papers of the previous day in the servants' hall of the houses he visited, and it appeared to him that this war in America, which was hailed as the awakening of the spirit of liberty and justice in the New World, ought to produce a revolution in France. en 16 April 1945 w:Harry S. Truman MP72-20 President Roosevelt’s Funeral and Procession; Truman – New President of U.S. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kil5e8GEEpU w:Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum National Archives Identifier: 595162 10:06 So that there can be no possible misunderstanding, both Germany and Japan can be certain beyond any shadow of a doubt that America will continue to fight for freedom until no vestige of resistance remains. Our demand has been and it remains unconditional surrender. en 2004 w:Trey Parker America, Fuck Yeah America, Fuck Yeah America, fuck yeah! / Comin' again to save the motherfuckin' day, yeah! en No hiding place 2013-05-25 407 74 w:The Economist http://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21578357-plan-assess-peoples-personal-characteristics-their-twitter-streams-no In America alone, people spent $170 billion on “direct marketing”—junk mail of both the physical and electronic varieties—last year. Yet of those who received unsolicited adverts through the post, only 3% bought anything as a result. https://web.archive.org/web/20171025020559/https://www.economist.com/news/science-and-technology/21578357-plan-assess-peoples-personal-characteristics-their-twitter-streams-no 25 October 2017 en 2014-07-27 w:John Oliver w:Last Week Tonight with John Oliver 1 12 Nuclear Weapons HBO And once gain, America is saved from destruction by the heroes in “MEAL Team Six”. 2022 April 3, Roisin Conaty & al., Big Fat Quiz of Everything, Channel 4: Captain America, how did he get his powers?I think he... he got bitten by America. en female. en town p/Limburg c/Netherlands. Usage notes In English, the unqualified term en America often refers to the United States of America as a synecdoche, with en American typically referring to people and things from that country. The sense of en the Americas varies in commonness between regions in contemporary English, but is found in certain circumstances, such as in reference to the Organization of American States. Synonyms North and South America Americas United States of America Derived terms en Amasia American Amerexit Americana Americaness Americaphobe Americaphobic Americaward Americawards Americentric Amerikkka Amerithrax Ameritopia Anglo-America Aridoamerica Chimerica Euramerica Generica Islamerica Mesoamerica Mexamerica Mid-America NorAm Oasisamerica Weimerica Afro-America All-America America-wide America's Hat British America Central America Excited States of America God bless America Gulf of America Ibero-America Jewmerica 'Murica North America South America Crossroads of America United States of America when America sneezes, the world catches a cold Young America Isramerica Lake America Descendants my အမေရိက 1 zh 亞美利加 1 haw ʻAmelika 1 hi अमेरिका 1 ja アメリカ Amerika 1 ms Amerika 1 mi Amerika 1 mr अमेरिका 1 mh Amedka 1 ne अमेरिका 1 or ଆମେରିକା 1 ryu アミリカ アメリカ 1 shn မိူင်းဢမေႇရီႉၵႃႉ 1 tl Amerika 1 tkl Amelika 1 Translations Q30 United States of America Q828 Americas See also References Further reading en eponyms Dutch Etymology First attested as nl Amerika in 1838-1857. Derived from nl la-new America. The settlement was named for its remote location. Pronunciation nl /ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/ nl Nl-Amerika.ogg nl Ame ri ca nl Amerika Proper noun n nl village mun/Horst aan de Maas p/Limburg c/Netherlands nl Turftreiersriek<qq:Carnival nickname> References Italian it: Etymology it :der la-new:America<id:the Americas> From it la-new America. Pronunciation Amèrica Proper noun f it America Q828 Derived terms it America Centrale America Latina americano cardellino d'America lucherino d'America Nord America,America del Nord,America settentrionale Stati Uniti d'America Sud America,America del Sud,America meridionale Descendants svm Lamerika 1 1 Anagrams it aaceimr amicare camerai macaire macerai rameica Latin Etymology la the Americas :der it:Amerigo<id:personal name> Feminine form of Americus, the Latinized form of the forename of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454–1512). it Amerigo is the la it - form of a la gem - personal name (see en Emmerich). First recorded in 1507 (together with the related term Amerigen) in the Cosmographiae Introductio, apparently written by Matthias Ringmann, in reference to South America;John R. Hebert, "The Map That Named America: Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World" (), Information Bulletin, Library of Congress first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538. Amerigen means "land of Amerigo" and derives from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". America accorded with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa.Toby Lester, "Putting America on the Map", Smithsonian, 40:9 (December 2009) Pronunciation Amerīca no America no Note: the length of the /i/ should be long, and that form is well-attested in Latin literature; for example, Rafael Landívar Rafael Landívar's es Rusticatio Mexicana. This form is mostly attested in poetry, and it corresponds more closely to the Italian pronunciation of it Amerigo.es Juan Gil America Myrtia 25 2010 187-194 0213-7674 https://revistas.um.es/myrtia/article/view/131651 Nevertheless, in Ecclesiastical Latin, due to analogy with Italian it America, the stress is instead shifted to the third-to-last syllable, implying the /i/ to be short. Proper noun Amerī̆ca<1.both> la New Latin la America Q828 Declension Amerī̆ca<1.both> Descendants bg Аме́рика 1 nl Amerika America 1 en America 1 it America svm Lamerika 1 1 mk Аме́рика 1 oc America ro America ru Аме́рика 1 mhr Америке 1 sh Аме́рика 1 uk Аме́рика 1 cy America 1 References Occitan Etymology From oc la-new America. Pronunciation oc /ameˈɾiko̞/ Proper noun f oc America Q828 Derived terms oc America del Nòrd oc America centrala oc America del Sud oc american Romanian Etymology ro :lbor la:America + 1 Pronunciation ro [aˈme.ri.ka] Proper noun ro proper noun f plural Americi ro America Q828,Q30 Declension Americ America Americă Derived terms ro american americanism americanist americanistică americaniza americanizare americanizat Related terms ro America Centrală ro America de Nord ro America de Sud ro american Welsh Etymology From cy la-new America. Pronunciation cy /aˈmɛrɪka/ Proper noun f cy America Q828,Q30 Derived terms cy America Ladin<t:Latin America> Americanaidd<t:American> Americanes<t:American woman> Americanwr<t:American man> Canolbarth America<t:Central America> De America<t:South America> ffaldwellt America<t:American yardgrass> Gogledd America<t:North America> Unol Daleithiau America<t:United States of America> llus America<t:blueberries> robin America<t:American robin> Related terms cy yr Amerig the Americas See also Mutation