Africa
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Etymology
From Latin Africa, from Greek?. Adjective form with suffix -ic, icus, -ikos, related to Afars
English
Proper Noun
Africa
- 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
- Czech: Afrika f
- Dutch: Afrika n
- Esperanto: Afriko
- Finnish: Afrikka
- French: Afrique f
- German: Afrika n
- Greek: Αφρική f
- Hebrew: אפריקה n
- Italian: Africa f
- Latin: Africa f
- Latvian: Āfrika f
- Japanese: アフリカ (afurika)
- Latenkwa: Laviritaw
- Polish: Afryka f
- Romanian: Africa f
- Russian: Африка f
- Slovene: Afrika f
- Spanish: Africa f
Italian
Proper noun
Africa f
- Africa
Related terms
- africenismo
- africanista
- africanistica
- africano
Latin
Proper Noun
Africa f, genitive Africae
First declension
- Africa (see English entry)
Related Terms
- Africanus
- Africus
