Amerika
Meaning
- (neuter) America (the continents of North America and South America). In this sense has a plural: Amerika's
- (neuter) United States of America (a country in North America)
- (neuter) A hamlet in Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands
Frequency
Hyphenated as
Ame‧ri‧ka
Gender
Neuter
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ɑˈmeː.ri.kaː/
Etymology
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.
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