América

See also: America, Amèrica, and americà

Asturian

Etymology

From New Latin America.

Proper noun

América f

1. America (the Americas)
2. America (the United States of America)

Galician

Etymology

From New Latin America.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

América f

1. America (the Americas)

Derived terms

• América Anglosajona
• América Central
• América del Norte
• América del Sur
• América Latina
• América meridional
• Centroamérica
• Latinoamérica
• Norteamérica
• Suramérica

 

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: gl:Continents)}

Ligurian

Alternative forms

• Mérica

Etymology

From Latin America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmerika/

Proper noun

América f

1. The United States of America.
2. America (the Americas)

Derived terms

• América do Nòrd
• América do Sùd

Related terms

• americàn

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ɾi.kɐ/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ɾi.kɐ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aˈmɛ.ɾi.ka/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐˈmɛ.ɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: A‧mé‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

América f

1. America
   1. the Americas (the continents of North, Central and South America)

      Synonym: Américas

   2. (chiefly Portugal, informal) the United States

      Synonyms: Estados Unidos, Estados Unidos da América, EUA

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:América.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin America.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈmeɾika/ [aˈme.ɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -eɾika
• Syllabification: A‧mé‧ri‧ca

Proper noun

América f

1. America (the Americas)
2. (proscribed, Spain) America (the United States of America)

Derived terms

• América Anglosajona
• América Central
• América del Norte
• América del Sur
• América Latina
• América Meridional
• avestruz de América
• Centroamérica
• Estados Unidos de América
• hacerse la América
• Latinoamérica
• Norteamérica
• Pulgarcito de América
• Sudamérica
• Suramérica
• urraca de América

 

Related terms

• americano

 

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}
• Estados Unidos de América
• Estados Unidos
• Nuevo Mundo

Further reading

• “América”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28