América
See also: America, Amèrica, and americà
Asturian
Etymology
From New Latin America.
Proper noun
América f
- America Continent which extends from Canada to Chile
Galician
Etymology
From New Latin America.
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Proper noun
América f
- America (Continents of America)
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
- The United States of America.
- 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/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /aˈmɛ.ɾi.ka/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐˈmɛ.ɾi.kɐ/
Proper noun
América f
- America
- the Americas (the continents of North, Central and South America)
- Synonym: Américas
- (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
From New Latin America.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /aˈmeɾika/ [aˈme.ɾi.ka]
- Rhymes: -eɾika
- Syllabification: A‧mé‧ri‧ca
Proper noun
América f (plural Américas)
- America (the Americas)
- (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
- 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014