Complete Definition of "Africa"

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English

Etymology
From L. #Latin|Africa, from Afri, the ancient Carthagenian tribe of Northern Africa named after ���ο� (Afros), a character in Greek mythology, king of �ιβ�η (Libya) and son of ���νο� (Kronos) and Φιλ��α (Filyra). Adjective form with suffix -ic, -icus, -ikos, related to Afars.

Pronunciation
(RP) IPA|/�æfrɪk�/

Proper noun
en-proper noun

  1. The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. It holds the following countries:

Central Africa
Central African Republic
Chad
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Eastern Africa
Burundi
Comoros
Djibouti
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Kenya
Seychelles
Rwanda
Somalia � Somaliland � Puntland
Tanzania
Uganda

Northern Africa
Algeria
Ceuta
Egypt
Libya
Mauritania
Melilla
Morocco
Sudan
Tunisia
Western Sahara

Southern Africa
Angola
Botswana
Lesotho
Madagascar
Malawi
Mauritius
Mozambique
Namibia
Reunion
Swaziland
South Africa
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Western Africa
Benin
Burkina Faso
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Côte d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

Translations
trans-top|continent south of Europe
Bosnian: t-|bs|Afrika|f
Catalan: �frica f
Chinese: �洲 (Feizhou)
Croatian: t+|hr|Afrika|f
Czech: t-|cs|Afrika|f
Danish: t-|da|Afrika
Dutch: t+|nl|Afrika
Esperanto: t-|eo|Afriko|xs=Esperanto
Estonian: t-|et|Aafrika
Finnish: t+|fi|Afrikka
French: l�Afrique f
German: t+|de|Afrika|n
Greek: t-|el|���ική|f|sc=Grek
Hebrew: �פר�ק� (afriqa) n
Hungarian: t+|hu|Afrika
Italian: l�t+|it|Africa|f
Japanese: t+|ja|����|trAfurika|scJpan
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Korean: ��리카 (ah-peu-li-ka)
Latin: t+|la|Africa|f
Latvian: t-|lv|�frika|f|xs=Latvian
Novial: Afrika#Novial|Afrika
Persian: t-|fa|ا�ر��ا|trAfriqâ|scFAchar|xs=Persian
Polish: t+|pl|Afryka|f
Portuguese: t+|pt|�frica|f
Romanian: t-|ro|Africa|f
Russian: t+|ru|���ика|f|sc=Cyrl (Afrika)
Scottish Gaelic: Afraga m
Serbian:
:* Cyrillic: t-|sr|���ика|f|sc=Cyrl
:* Latin: t-|sr|Afrika|f
Slovene: t+|sl|Afrika|f
Spanish: t+|es|�frica|f
Turkish: t+|tr|Afrika
Yiddish: t-|yi|�ַפֿר�קע|scHebr|xsYiddish
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External links
Africa Time Zones with current time

Category:Continents


Italian

Pronunciation
IPA|/�afrika/, SAMPA|/"afrika/

Proper noun
Africa f

  1. Africa#English|Africa.

Related terms
africanismo
africanista
africanistica
africano
africo
afroasiatico

Category:it:Continents


Latin

Proper noun
Africa f, genitive Africae

First declension

  1. Africa#English|Africa.

Related terms
Africanus
Africus

Category:la:Continents


Romanian
wikipedia|lang=ro

Etymology
L.|ro term|Africa|lang=la

Pronunciation
IPA|['a.fri.ka]|lang=ro

Proper noun
infl|ro|proper noun|g=f

  1. #English|Africa

Declension
ro-country|gend=f|Africii

Category:ro:Continents

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