Southern Africa

English

Proper noun

Southern Africa

2. A geographic region comprising the southern part of Africa; always including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and sometimes also Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
3. (nonstandard) South Africa.

Usage notes

• While most regions are in the form of East Africa, West Africa and North Africa, this region is called Southern Africa to distinguish it from the country of South Africa, which makes up a portion of the region of Southern Africa.

Coordinate terms

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

Translations

southern part of the continent of Africa

• Afrikaans: Suider-Afrika
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 南部非洲 (zh) (Nánbù Fēizhōu), 南非 (zh) (Nán Fēi)

• Dutch: Zuidelijk Afrika n
• Estonian: Lõuna-Aafrika
• Finnish: eteläinen Afrikka, Eteläinen Afrikka
• French: Afrique australe (fr)
• Georgian: სამხრეთი აფრიკა (samxreti apriḳa)
• Hungarian: Dél-Afrika (hu)
• Korean: 남아프리카 (namapeurika)
• Portuguese: África Meridional f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: África austral
• Swahili: Afrika ya Kusini

Anagrams

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