আমেরিকা

Bengali

Etymology

Transliteration of English America.

Pronunciation
  • (Rarh) IPA(key): /ameɾika/, [ˈameɾikaˑ]
  • (Dhaka) IPA(key): /ameɹika/, [ˈameɹikaˑ]

Proper noun

আমেরিকা • (amerika)

  1. United States of America (a country in North America)
    Synonym: মার্কিন যুক্তরাষ্ট্র (markin juktoraśṭro)
  2. The Americas.

Usage notes

In Bengali, the term আমেরিকা usually refers to the United States of America. However, it is also used as a translation of what is referred to as the Americas in English, often including the descriptor মহাদেশ (mohadeś, “continent”).

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