North Africa

English

North Africa (proper noun sense 1)

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Proper noun

North Africa

2. A geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue.
3. Synonym of Maghreb.

Coordinate terms

• West Africa
• East Africa
• Central Africa
• Southern Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Saharan Africa, Sahara
• Sahel

Translations

the northern part of Africa

• Afrikaans: Noord-Afrika
• Albanian: Afrikë Veriore f
• Arabic: شَمَال إِفْرِيقِيَا m (šamāl ʔifrīqiyā), شَمَال أَفْرِيقِيَا m (šamāl ʔafrīqiyā), إِفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f (ʔifrīqiyā š-šamāliyya), أَفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f (ʔafrīqiyā š-šamāliyya)
• Armenian: Հյուսիսային Աֆրիկա (Hyusisayin Afrika)
• Azerbaijani: Şimali Afrika
• Belarusian: Паўно́чная А́фрыка f (Pawnóčnaja Áfryka)
• Bengali: উত্তর আফ্রিকা (bn) (uttor aphrika)
• Bulgarian: Се́верна А́фрика f (Séverna Áfrika)
• Catalan: Àfrica del Nord f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 北非 (zh) (Běifēi), 北部非洲 (zh) (Běibù Fēizhōu)

• Corsican: Nordafrica m, Africa di u Nordu f
• Czech: Severní Afrika f
• Danish: Nordafrika n
• Dutch: Noord-Afrika (nl) n
• Estonian: Põhja-Aafrika (et)
• Faroese: Norðurafrika f or n
• Finnish: Pohjois-Afrikka (fi)
• French: Afrique du Nord (fr) f
• Galician: norte de África
• Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა (črdiloeti apriḳa)
• German: Nordafrika (de) n
• Greek: Βόρεια Αφρική f (Vóreia Afrikí)
• Hindi: उत्तर अफ़्रीका m (uttar afrīkā)
• Hungarian: Észak-Afrika (hu)
• Icelandic: Norður-Afríka (is) f
• Indonesian: Afrika Utara
• Italian: Nordafrica f, Africa del Nord f
• Japanese: 北アフリカ (ja) (きたアフリカ, Kita Afurika)
• Kazakh: Солтүстік Африка (kk) (Soltüstık Afrika)
• Korean: 북아프리카 (Bugapeurika)
• Kyrgyz: Түндүк Африка (Tündük Afrika)
• Lao: ອາຟຣິກກາເໜືອ (ʼāp rik kā nư̄a)
• Latvian: Ziemeļāfrika f
• Lithuanian: Šiaurės Afrika f
• Macedonian: Се́верна А́фрика f (Séverna Áfrika)
• Malay: Afrika Utara
• Maltese: Afrika ta’ Fuq f
• Manx: Affrick Hwoaie
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: Умард Африк (mn) (Umard Afrik), Хойд Африк (mn) (Xojd Afrik)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Nord-Afrika n

• Persian: آفریقای شمالی (âfriqâ-ye šomâli)
• Polish: Północna Afryka f
• Portuguese: norte da África m
• Romanian: Africa de Nord f
• Russian: Се́верная А́фрика (ru) f (Sévernaja Áfrika)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: Северна Африка f, Сјеверна Африка f

  Latin: Severna Afrika f, Sjeverna Afrika f

• Slovak: Severná Afrika f
• Slovene: Severna Afrika f
• Spanish: África del Norte f
• Swahili: Afrika ya Kaskazini
• Swedish: Nordafrika (sv) n
• Tajik: Африқои Шимолӣ (tg) (Afriqo-yi Šimoli)
• Tatar: Төньяк Африка (Tönʹyaq Afriqa)
• Telugu: ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా (uttara āphrikā)
• Thai: แอฟริกาเหนือ (th) (ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa)
• Turkish: Kuzey Afrika (tr)
• Turkmen: Demirgazyk Afrika
• Ukrainian: Півні́чна А́фрика f (Pivníčna Áfryka)
• Urdu: شمالی افریقا m (śumālī afrīqâ)
• Uzbek: Shimoliy Afrika
• Vietnamese: Bắc Phi (vi)