West Africa

English

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Proper noun

West Africa

2. A geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning 16 countries.
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     Bloch told CNN on Friday that the discovery is significant in part because of the “dramatic events involved with (the ships’) journey from Copenhagen to West Africa, and from there to the shores of Cahuita in Costa Rica.”

Synonyms

• Western Africa

Coordinate terms

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

Derived terms

• French West Africa
• West Africa Time

Related terms

• East Africa
• South Africa
• North Africa
• Central Africa

Translations

region of Africa

• Afrikaans: Wes-Afrika
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西非 (sai¹ fei¹)

  Mandarin: 西非 (zh) (Xīfēi)

• Danish: Vestafrika (da) n
• Dutch: West-Afrika (nl) n
• Finnish: Länsi-Afrikka (fi)
• French: ouest d'Afrique, Afrique de l'Ouest (fr)
• Georgian: დასავლეთი აფრიკა (dasavleti apriḳa)
• German: Westafrika (de) n
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Afrika (hu)
• Indonesian: Afrika Barat
• Irish: an Afraic Thiar f
• Japanese: 西アフリカ (ja) (にしアフリカ, Nishi-Afurika)
• Korean: 서아프리카 (seoapeurika)
• Malay: Afrika Barat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vest-Afrika

  Nynorsk: Vest-Afrika

• Portuguese: África Ocidental f
• Romanian: Africa de Vest f, vestul Africii n
• Russian: За́падная А́фрика (ru) f (Západnaja Áfrika)
• Spanish: África Occidental f
• Swahili: Afrika ya Magharibi
• Swedish: Västafrika (sv) n
• Vietnamese: Tây Phi (vi)