الامريكتين

الامريكتين
الامريكتين
	، و
على اسم	اميريجو فيسبوتشى
جزء من	الارض
الارض و السكان
احداثيات	19°N 96°W / 19°N 96°W
اعلى قمه	جبل اكونكاجوا
المساحه
التعداد السكانى
الحكم
التأسيس والسيادة
	تعديل مصدري - تعديل

الأمريكتان Americas، أو أمريكا America، هيا أراضى بتقع فى نصف الكرة الأرضية الغربي، وتعرف كمان بالعالم الجديد، بالانجليزية يستخدم مصطلح الجمع الأمريكتين للاشارة لأراضى قارتى أمريكا الشمالية و أمريكا الجنوبية مع، و الجزر والمناطق المحيطة بهما. فى الوقت نفسه تستخدم لفظة أمريكا بالفرد للاشارة لامريكا.^[1]^[2]^[3] وتغطى الأمريكتان 8.3% من اجمالى مساحة سطح الأرض (28.4% من مساحة اليابسة). ويسكنهما حوالى 13.5% من سكان العالم (حوالى 900 مليون انسان ).

مصادر

↑ america. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. dictionary.reference.com(accessed: January 27, 2008). Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Marjorie Fee and Janice MacAlpine, Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (2008) page 36 says "In Canada, American is used almost exclusively in reference to the United States and its citizens." Likewise, The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, The Australian Oxford Dictionary and The Concise Oxford English Dictionary all specify the USA in their definition of "America".
↑ "America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language (ISBN 0-19-214183-X). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of Americus, the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). A claim is also made for the name of Richard Ameryk, sheriff of Bristol and patron of John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), the 16c Anglo-Italian explorer of North America. The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English:... However, the term is open to uncertainties:..."

[dictionaryDotCom-1] rica. Dictionary.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Houghton Mifflin Company, 2004. dictionary.reference.com(accessed: January 27, 2008). Archived 2016-03-05 at the Wayback Machine

[2] Marjorie Fee and Janice MacAlpine, Oxford Guide to Canadian English Usage (2008) page 36 says "In Canada, American is used almost exclusively in reference to the United States and its citizens." Likewise, The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary, The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, The Australian Oxford Dictionary and The Concise Oxford English Dictionary all specify the USA in their definition of "America".

[oxfordc-3] "America." The Oxford Companion to the English Language (ISBN 0-19-214183-X). McArthur, Tom, ed., 1992. New York: Oxford University Press, p. 33: "[16c: from the feminine of Americus, the Latinized first name of the explorer Amerigo Vespucci (1454-1512). A claim is also made for the name of Richard Ameryk, sheriff of Bristol and patron of John Cabot (Giovanni Caboto), the 16c Anglo-Italian explorer of North America. The name America first appeared on a map in 1507 by the German cartographer Martin Waldseemüller, referring to the area now called Brazil]. Since the 16c, a name of the western hemisphere, often in the plural Americas and more or less synonymous with the New World. Since the 18c, a name of the United States of America. The second sense is now primary in English:... However, the term is open to uncertainties:..."

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