Amerikaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA: /əˈmɛ.ɹɪ.kə/

固有名詞

Amerika

1. (derogatory, politics) America, i.e. the United States of America; used to imply that the US is fascist.
   • 1971, Abbie Hoffman, Steal This Book‎, page 4:

     Steal This Book is, in a way, a manual of survival in the prison that is Amerika.

   • 2008 April 30, Zoe Trodd, American Protest Literature, Harvard University Press, →ISBN, page 444:

     CARL WITTMAN From Refugees from Amerika: A Gay Manifesto 1969
     If the gay liberation movement began on the East Coast with the Stonewall riots, it began on the West Coast with the publication of "Refugees from Amerika."

派生語

関連する語

• Amerikkka

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固有名詞

Amerika

1. A female given name, variant of America.
   • 2008, Sam Warren, Tales from the Tijuana Jails, Bookwarren Publishing Servi, →ISBN, page 203:

     […] As far as he could determine, the victim had been stealing from Amerika in order to support his crystal habit. The victim had also been Amerika's lover and had lived in the carraca with her.