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Alternative spellings
亜米利加 (obsolete)
亜墨利加 (obsolete)

Borrowed from English America,[1][2][3][4][5] from New Latin America, feminine form of Americus, a Latinization of the given name of Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), an Italian explorer.

アメリカ (Amerika

  1. (chiefly in compounds, due to possible ambiguity) America (one of the continents of North America or South America)
    南(みなみ)アメリカ、北(きた)アメリカ、中(ちゅう)央(おう)アメリカ
    Minami Amerika, Kita Amerika, Chūō Amerika
    South America, North America, Central America
    アメリカ州(しゅう)
    Amerika-shū
    America; the Americas
  2. America, United States of America (a country in North America)
    • その度(たび)にアメリカが出(で)てって爆(ばく)弾(だん)落(お)とせってのか?
      Sono tabi ni Amerika ga dete tte bakudan otose tte no ka?
      You think America should butt in and go drop some bombs every time?
      当(あ)たり前(まえ)さ‼それが〝世(せ)界(かい)の警(けい)察(さつ)〟たるアメリカの役(やく)目(め)だろ‼
      Atarimae sa‼ Sore ga〝sekai no keisatsu〟taru Amerika no yakume daro‼
      Well, duh!! America is the "world police" after all!!
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