أميركا

Arabic

Alternative forms

Proper noun

أَمِيرِكَا • (ʾamērikā) f

  1. America

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

Etymology

Semi-learned borrowing from Arabic أَمِيرِكَا (ʔamīrikā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔa.meːr.ka/, [ʔaˈmeːr.ka]
  • (file)

Proper noun

أميركا • (ʔamērka) f

  1. America, the Americas (continent)
  2. (colloquial) United States (a country in North America)
    Synonym: الولايات المتحدة (il-wilāyāt il-muttaḥide)

Derived terms

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