أميركا
Arabic
Alternative forms
- أَمْرِيكَا (ʔamrīkā)
- أَمْرِيكَة (ʔamrīka)
Further reading
- Wehr, Hans (1979) “أميركا”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic, 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
South Levantine Arabic
Alternative forms
- أمريكا (ʔamrīka)
Etymology
Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʔa.meːr.ka/, [ʔaˈmeːr.ka]
Audio (Ramallah) (file)
Proper noun
أميركا • (ʔamērka) f
- America, the Americas (continent)
- (colloquial) United States (a country in North America)
- Synonym: الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide)
Derived terms
- أميركاني (ʔamērkāni, “American”)
- أميركا الشماليّة (ʔamērka š-šamāliyye, “North American”)
- أميركا الجنوبيّة (ʔamērka l-janūbiyye, “South American”)
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