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See also:africa,áfrica,africà,África,andÀfrica

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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FromMiddle EnglishAffrike, fromOld FrenchAffrique,Affrike, fromLatinĀfrica, fromĀfrī, singularĀfer (inhabitant of thecountry of Carthage), in turn either from:

Folk etymologies include:

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Proper noun

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Africa (countable anduncountable,pluralAfricas)

  2. Thecontinent that is south ofEurope, east of theAtlantic Ocean, west of theIndian Ocean and north ofAntarctica.
    the Maghreb and sub-SaharanAfrica
    Synonym:(sometimes offensive, dated, informal)Dark Continent
  3. (nonstandard, proscribed)Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with theMaghreb.
    • 2021 June 10, Abdelmajid Hannoum,The Invention of the Maghreb: Between Africa and the Middle East, Cambridge University Press,→ISBN, page205:
      The Sahara stood as an important marker between theMaghreb and Africa, not only in modern times but in times immemorial.
  4. (historical) Aprovince of theRoman Empire containing what is now modernTunisia and portions ofLibya.
  5. Asurname.

Meronyms

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Countries of Africa

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

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Descendants

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Translations

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continent
sub-Saharan Africa—seesub-Saharan Africa
historical: province of the Roman Empire

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Anagrams

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Corsican

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Etymology

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FromLatinAfrica. Cognates includeItalianAfrica andFrenchAfrique.

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Proper noun

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Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

Italian

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Etymology

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FromLatinAfrica.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

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See also

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continents:continentiedit

Anagrams

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Latin

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Etymology

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Feminine ofāfricus/Āfricus, as a noun elliptic ofterra āfrica/Āfrica(literally“the land of the Afri”). The adjectiveĀfricus comes from the name of theĀfrī (singularĀfer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the suffix-icus. The Latin term formed alongside GreekἡἈφρική(hē Aphrikḗ), both terms being attested since the first century.

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Āfrica f sg (genitiveĀfricae);first declension

  1. Northwestern Africa, the territory ofCarthage, the African coast west of the Nile
    Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)
  2. Africa (aprovince of theRoman Empire) (later split intoAfrica Zeugitana andAfrica Byzacena under Diocletian)
  3. Africa as a continent, understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean
    Si probare possemus Ligarium inĀfricā omnino non fuisse.
    If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all inAfrica.

Declension

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First-declension noun, singular only.

singular
nominativeĀfrica
genitiveĀfricae
dativeĀfricae
accusativeĀfricam
ablativeĀfricā
vocativeĀfrica

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Descendants

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Borrowings

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  • Middle Persian:[Term?](/⁠frīgā⁠/)

References

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  • "Africa", inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879)A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • "Africa", inCharlton T. Lewis (1891)An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Africa inGaffiot, Félix (1934)Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

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Etymology

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FromLatinAfrica.

Proper noun

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Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed fromLatinAfrica.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/
  • Hyphenation:A‧fri‧ca

Proper noun

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Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

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Declension ofAfrica
singular onlyindefinitedefinite
nominative-accusativeAfricăAfrica
genitive-dativeAfriciAfricii
vocativeAfrică,Africo

See also

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continents:continenteedit
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