Àfrica

See also: africa, Africa, áfrica, africà, and África

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈa.fɾi.kə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈa.fɾi.ka]

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Proper noun

Àfrica f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Derived terms

• Àfrica Austral
• Àfrica Central
• Àfrica del Nord
• Àfrica Occidental
• Àfrica Oriental
• Àfrica subsahariana
• Sud-àfrica

Related terms

• africà

See also

continents: continentsedit

• Àfrica
• Amèrica
  • Amèrica del Nord, Nord-amèrica
  • Amèrica del Sud, Sud-amèrica
• Antàrtida
• Àsia
• Europa
• Oceania

Ligurian

Poxiçión de l'Àfrica into móndo — Africa's position in the world

Etymology

From Latin Āfrica (ellipsis of terra āfrica), feminine form of āfricus, from the name of the Āfrī (a tribal people of the area near Carthage).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrika/

Proper noun

Àfrica f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Related terms

• africàn

Venetan

Proper noun

Àfrica f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Derived terms

• african