America Definition
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English
Etymology
From Latin America.
Pronunciation
- IPA: /əˈmɛrɪkə/
Proper noun
America (plural Americas)
- The continents of North and South America.
- The United States of America.
See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America (Category: Continents)
Statistics
Italian
Italian Wikipedia has an article on: AmericaProper noun
America f.
- (continent) America
Derived terms
- americano
- America Centrale
- America Latina
- cardellino d'America
- lucherino d'America
- Nord America / America del Nord / America settentrionale
- Stati Uniti d'America
- Sud America / America del Sud / America meridionale
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Latin
Etymology
Feminine form of Latin Americus, Latinization of Amerigen, from the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). First recorded in 1507 for South America;[1] first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538.
The name was apparently coined by Matthias Ringmann, first as Amerigen "land of Amerigo", from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". It was Latinized and then feminized to accord with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa.[2]
Amerigo is the Italian form of a Gothic personal name, Amalric "master workman", from amal "work" and ric "power".
Proper noun
America f. (locative case Americae)
References
- ^ Hebert, John R., "The Map That Named America: Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World" [1], Information Bulletin, Library of Congress.
- ^ Toby Lester, December 2009. "Putting America on the Map", Smithsonian 40:9.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin America.
Pronunciation
- IPA: [aˈme.ri.ka]
Proper noun
America f. (plural Americi)
Derived terms
- american
- americanism
- americanist
- americanistică
- americaniza
- americanizare
- americanizat
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| gender f. | indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite |
| Nom/Acc | - | America | Americi | Americile |
| Gen/Dat | - | Americii | - | Americilor |
Related terms
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Look up America or América in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. America usually refers to either:
- The Americas
- The United States of America
Contents
- 1 Other locations
- 2 Films
- 3 Music
- 4 Literature
- 5 Media
- 6 Sports
- 7 Ships
- 8 Other vehicles
- 9 Video games
- 10 People with the given name
- 11 See also
Other locations
- América, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
- America, Netherlands
- América, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- America, Illinois, U.S.
- America, Oklahoma, U.S.
Films
- America (film), a 1924 film by D. W. Griffith
- America (2009 film), an American made-for-television film
- America: From Freedom to Fascism, a 2006 documentary
Music
- America (band), an English-American rock band
- America Records, a French jazz record label
Albums
- America (America album)
- America (Havalina album)
- America (John Fahey album)
- America (Kurtis Blow album)
- America (Modern Talking album)
- America – The EP, an EP by Rebecca St. James
- America: An Album for All Ages, an album by Bobby Susser
Songs
- "America" (Bree Sharp song)
- "America" (Killing Joke song)
- "America" (Neil Diamond song)
- "America" (Prince song)
- "America" (Razorlight song)
- "America" (Simon & Garfunkel song)
- "America" (West Side Story song)
- "My Country, 'Tis of Thee" or "America", a patriotic song of the United States
- "America", a song by Tracy Chapman from Where You Live
- "America", a song by Waylon Jennings from Turn the Page
- "America", a song by Nas from "Untitled"
- "America", a song by Santana featuring P.O.D. from Shaman
- "América", a song by José Luis Perales
- "America", a song by Bobby Susser from America: An Album for All Ages
Literature
- America (novel), a young adult novel by E. R. Frank
- "America" (Judge Dredd story), a story by John Wagner
- "America" (poem), a poem by Allen Ginsberg
- America (The Book), a book written by the staff of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
- "America" (short story), by Orson Scott Card
- America, a Jake Grafton novel by Stephen Coonts
- "America", a poem by Walt Whitman from Leaves of Grass
Media
- America (magazine), a weekly Roman Catholic magazine
- América (TV series), a Brazilian telenovela
- America (US TV series), a syndicated afternoon talk show
- America (XM), an XM satellite radio channel
- América 2, an Argentine television station
- America One, an American over-the-air television network
- America: A Personal History of the United States, a 13-part BBC television documentary series.
- América Televisión, a Peruvian television network
Sports
- América Football Club (disambiguation)
- América de Cali, a football club from Cali, Colombia
- América Managua, a football club from Managua, Nicaragua
- Club América, a football club from Mexico City
- Copa América (Spanish and Portuguese for "America Cup") football competition in South America
Ships
- America (yacht), a racing yacht that won the America's Cup in 1851
- French ship America (1788), a Téméraire-class ship of the French Navy
- SS America (1940), a passenger liner owned by United States Lines
- HMS America, several ships of the Royal Navy
- USS America, several ships of the United States Navy
Other vehicles
- America (aircraft), a multi-engine airplane used by Richard E. Byrd and his crew on a 1927 transatlantic flight
- America (airship), an airship flown in 1907 and 1909 attempts to reach the North Pole, and a 1910 attempt to cross the Atlantic
- America (automobile), an automobile produced in Barcelona, Spain
- America (1911 New York automobile)
- America, the callsign of the Apollo 17 Command/Service Module
Video games
- America (video game), a 2001 Wild West-themed real-time strategy game
People with the given name
- America Ferrera, American actress
- america Hoffman, son of activist Abbie Hoffman
- America Olivo, American actress
See also
- Amreeka, a 2009 film (Amreeka the Arabic pronunciation for America)
- America, America, an American film by Elia Kazan
- América & En Vivo, an EP by Luis Miguel
- "America, Fuck Yeah", the satirical theme song of the 2004 film Team America: World Police
- Amerigo Vespucci, for whom the Americas were named
- Amerrique Mountains
- Air America (disambiguation)
- American (disambiguation)
- Americana (disambiguation)
- Americas (terminology)
- Amerika (disambiguation)
- All pages beginning with "America"