Definition of africa

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Africa

proper noun

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
Cí´te d'Ivoire
Equatorial Guinea
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea-Bissau
Liberia
Mali
Niger
Nigeria
Sao Tome and Principe
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Togo

Translations:

Dutch: Afrika^(nl)
French: l"Afrique
German: Afrika^(de)n
Italian: l"Africa^(it)f
Spanish: ífrica^(es)f

Etymology: From Latin, Africa, from Afri, the ancient Carthagenian tribe of Northern Africa named after (Afros), a character in Greek mythology, king of (Libya) and son of (Kronos) and (Filyra). Adjective form with suffix -ic, -icus, -ikos, related to Afars.

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