Amerika

Meaning

  1. (neuter) America (the continents of North America and South America). In this sense has a plural: Amerika's
  2. (neuter) United States of America (a country in North America)
  3. (neuter) A hamlet in Noordenveld, Drenthe, Netherlands

Frequency

A2
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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