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# {{lb|en|historical}} {{place|en|province|empire/Roman Empire}} containing what is now modern [[Tunisia]] and portions of [[Libya]].
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====Synonyms====
* {{l|en|Africoonia}} {{q|offensive}}
* {{l|en|Dark Continent}} {{q|dated|informal}}


====Hyponyms====
====Hyponyms====

Revision as of 13:27, 25 January 2022

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

English

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Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English Affrike, from Old French Affrique, Affrike, from Latin Āfrica, from Āfrī, singular Āfer (inhabitant of the country of Carthage), in turn either from:

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Africa

  2. The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
    the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa
  3. (nonstandard, proscribed) sub-Saharan Africa
  4. (historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.
  5. A surname

Hyponyms

Countries of Africa

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Northern Africa

Template:rel-mid Southern Africa

Western Africa

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Descendants

  • → Swahili: Afrika

Translations

See also

Further reading

Anagrams

Corsican

Corsican Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia co

Etymology

From Latin Africa. Cognates include Italian Africa and French Afrique.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

Italian

Etymology

From Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/
  • Rhymes: -afrika
  • Hyphenation: À‧fri‧ca

Proper noun

Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)
Related terms

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See also

Anagrams

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

Feminine of āfricus/Āfricus, as a noun elliptic of terra āfrica/Āfrica (literally “the African land”). The adjective Āfricus comes from the name of the Āfrī (singular Āfer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the suffix -icus.

The Latin term formed alongside Greek ἡ Ἀφρική (hē Aphrikḗ), both terms being attested since the first century.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Āfrica f sg (genitive Āfricae); 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. Africa (a province of the Roman Empire) (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.

Declension

First-declension noun, singular only.

Case Singular
Nominative Āfrica
Genitive Āfricae
Dative Āfricae
Accusative Āfricam
Ablative Āfricā
Vocative Āfrica

Descendants

References

  • “Africa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “Africa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Africa in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Occitan

Occitan Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia oc

Etymology

From Latin Africa.

Proper noun

Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/
  • Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ca

Proper noun

Africa f

  1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

declension of Africa (singular only)
singular
f gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) Africă Africa
genitive/dative (unei) Africi Africii
vocative Africă, Africo

See also

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