Amerikay

English

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /əˈmɛɹ.ɪ.keɪ/

Proper noun

Amerikay

  1. (poetic) America.
    • ca. 1760, anonymous author, “Brave Wolfe”:
      Then forth went this brave youth and crossed the ocean
      To free Amerikay was his intention

Usage notes

  • Almost exclusively found in folk songs, where the replacement of the final schwa in "America" with a more readily stressable /eɪ/ vowel improves scansion.
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