Africa
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
From Latin Āfrica.
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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:
Countries of Africa
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Central Africa Eastern Africa
Northern Africa |
Southern Africa
Western Africa |
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continent south of Europe
[edit] See also
- (continents) continent; Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, South America (Category: en:Continents) [edit]
- Appendix:Place names in Africa
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[edit] Italian
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Africa f.
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- (continents) continente; Africa, America meridionale, America settentrionale, Antartide, Asia, Europa, Oceania (Category: it:Continents) [edit]
[edit] Latin
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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.
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Āfrica (genitive Āfricae); f, first declension
- Northwestern Africa, the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of the Nile
- Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)
- Name of a Roman province from 146 BC to AD 293 (later split into Africa Zeugitana and Africa Byzacena under Diocletian)
- 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.
- Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
[edit] Inflection
| nominative | Āfrica |
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| genitive | Āfricae |
| dative | Āfricae |
| accusative | Āfricam |
| ablative | Āfricā |
| vocative | Āfrica |
| locative | Āfricae |
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- English: Africa
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Latin Africa
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- IPA: [ˈa.fri.ka]
[edit] Proper noun
Africa f.
[edit] Declension
| gender f. | uncountable |
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| Nom/Acc | Africa |
| Gen/Dat | Africii |