America

uh-MER-i-kah'uh-MER-ih-kuh'4 syllables
🇬🇧English
Independent

MEANING

Home ruler

ORIGIN

Italian

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from the Latinized version of the name of Italian explorer Amerigo Vespucci, whose first name is a variant of the medieval Latin name Emericus.

CULTURAL NOTES

America is often used as a symbol of freedom and democracy.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

The name America was first used to refer to the new continents in the early 16th century, popularized by cartographers.

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