| America May 2nd 2013, 03:06 | | | | Line 11: | Line 11: | | | | | | | | ===Proper noun=== | | ===Proper noun=== | | − | {{en-proper noun|Americas}} | + | {{en-proper noun|America}} | | | | | | | | + | #America (the continent) is land in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. | | | # The [[United States of America]]. | | # The [[United States of America]]. | | − | # The landmass now divided into the [[continent]]s of [[North America|North]] and [[South America]]. | | | | #* '''2009''', {{w|Diarmaid MacCulloch}}, ''A History of Christianity'', Penguin 2010, p. 691: | | #* '''2009''', {{w|Diarmaid MacCulloch}}, ''A History of Christianity'', Penguin 2010, p. 691: | | | #*: Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call 'the New World', or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, ''''America''''. | | #*: Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call 'the New World', or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, ''''America''''. | | Line 23: | Line 23: | | | ====Usage notes==== | | ====Usage notes==== | | | | | | | − | The second biggest continent on the planet after Asia. | + | America is land in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. America cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). | | | + | | | | + | America can be sub-divided in three subcontinents: North America, Central America and South America. | | | + | | | | Residents of the United States of America may refer to their country as the "United States" (more formal), "America" (common and often patriotic), "the U.S.A.", or simply "the States" (informal). Residents of Alaska, America's northernmost state, refer to mainland America as "the [[lower 48]]" (informal). | | Residents of the United States of America may refer to their country as the "United States" (more formal), "America" (common and often patriotic), "the U.S.A.", or simply "the States" (informal). Residents of Alaska, America's northernmost state, refer to mainland America as "the [[lower 48]]" (informal). | | | | | | | Line 31: | Line 31: | | | | | | | | ====Synonyms==== | | ====Synonyms==== | | | + | * America the continent | | | * {{qualifier|United States of America}} [[U.S.A.]], [[U.S.]] | | * {{qualifier|United States of America}} [[U.S.A.]], [[U.S.]] | | | | | |
Latest revision as of 03:06, 2 May 2013 English [edit] Wikipedia Etymology [edit] From Americus, Latinized form of the forename of Amerigo Vespucci (1451-1512), Italian explorer. Pronunciation [edit] Proper noun [edit] America (plural America) - America (the continent) is land in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World.
- The United States of America.
- 2009, Diarmaid MacCulloch, A History of Christianity, Penguin 2010, p. 691:
- Franciscan attitudes in the Canaries offered possible precedents for what Europe now came to call 'the New World', or, through a somewhat tangled chain of circumstances, 'America'.
- (often with a possessive pronoun) an idealized destination or object of one's ambition
- 1922, James Joyce, Ulysses, II.402:
- Thou sawest thy America, thy lifetask, and didst charge to cover like the transpontine bison.
Usage notes [edit] America is land in the Western hemisphere, also known as the New World. America cover 8.3% of the Earth's total surface area (28.4% of its land area) and contain about 13.5% of the human population (about 900 million people). America can be sub-divided in three subcontinents: North America, Central America and South America. Residents of the United States of America may refer to their country as the "United States" (more formal), "America" (common and often patriotic), "the U.S.A.", or simply "the States" (informal). Residents of Alaska, America's northernmost state, refer to mainland America as "the lower 48" (informal). Residents of the United Kingdom typically refer to the United States of America as "America". Residents of Canada less frequently refer to the United States of America as "America", referring otherwise to "the United States" (more formal), "the U.S." (common), or simply "the States" (informal). The plural form "the Americas" is common when referring to North, central and South America together, to avoid ambiguity. Seen as a single continent, it is commonly "the continent of America" Synonyms [edit] - America the continent
- (United States of America) U.S.A., U.S.
See also [edit] Translations [edit] Continent of America (see also Americas) Statistics [edit]
Italian [edit] Wikipedia it Proper noun [edit] America f - (continent) America
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Etymology [edit] Feminine form of Latin Americus, Latinization of Amerigen, from the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). First recorded in 1507 for South America;[1] first applied to both North and South America by Mercator in 1538. The name was apparently coined by Matthias Ringmann, first as Amerigen "land of Amerigo", from Amerigo and gen, the accusative case of Greek gē "earth". It was Latinized and then feminized to accord with the feminine names of Asia, Africa, and Europa.[2] Amerigo is the Italian form of a Gothic personal name, Amalric "master workman", from amal "work" and ric "power". Proper noun [edit] America (genitive Americae); f, first declension - America.
Inflection [edit] References [edit] - ^ Hebert, John R., "The Map That Named America: Library Acquires 1507 Waldseemüller Map of the World" [1], Information Bulletin, Library of Congress.
- ^ Toby Lester, December 2009. "Putting America on the Map", Smithsonian 40:9.
Romanian [edit] Etymology [edit] Borrowed from Latin America. Pronunciation [edit] Proper noun [edit] America f (plural Americi) - America
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| Americii | | Americilor |
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