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Africa Definition

Africa

See also África, Àfrica, and africa

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English

Wikipedia has an article on: Africa

Etymology

Wikipedia has an article on: Africa (etymology)

Wikipedia

From Latin Āfrica.

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Proper noun

Africa

  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:
Countries of Africa

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

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Italian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Africa f.

  1. Africa.

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Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on: Africa

Wikipedia la

Etymology

Feminine of āfricus, as a noun elliptic of terra Africa. The adjective āfricus comes from the name of the Āfri (singular Afer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the -icus suffix. The Latin term is formed alongside Greek ἡ Ἀφρική, both variants being attested from the 1st century AD.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Āfrica (genitive Āfricae); f, first declension

  1. Northwestern Africa, the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of the Nile
    Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)
  2. Name of a Roman province from 146 BC to AD 293 (later split into Africa Zeugitana and Africa Byzacena under Diocletian)
  3. Africa as a continent, understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean
    Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
    If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.

Inflection

nominative Āfrica
genitive Āfricae
dative Āfricae
accusative Āfricam
ablative Āfricā
vocative Āfrica
locative Āfricae

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Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on: Africa

Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Latin Africa

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Africa f.

  1. Africa

Declension

gender f. uncountable
Nom/Acc Africa
Gen/Dat Africii

 

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