Africa

africa áfrica africà África Àfrica English ,Afri thumb|The African continent Alternative forms en Afrika sometimes used in _ AAVE en Affrike archaic en Afric poetic archaic en Africk obsolete en Afficky obsolete Etymology en :inh enm:Affrike<ety:bor<fro:Affrique>> 1 en enm Affrike, from en fro Affrique, fro Affrike, from en la Āfrica, from la Āfrī, singular la Āfer (inhabitant of the Ancient Carthage country of Carthage), in turn either from: The en xpu - or en phn - word phn 𐤏𐤐𐤓 ʿafar dust, from en sem-pro *ʕapar- dust, soil, which has cognates in other Semitic languages. The en ber - word und ifri cave, plural und ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine). Folk etymologies include: en grc ἀ- + grc φρίκη f, meaning "without cold" la aprica sunny. Pronunciation en /ˈæfɹɪkə/ RP,US,CA,AU en LL-Q1860_(eng)-Justinrleung-Africa.wav Canada en /ˈafɹɪkə/ SSB,Northern England en /ˈafɾɪkə/ Scotland,Wales en /ɛfrəkə/ NZ en /ɛfrɨkə/ South Africa en æfɹɪkə 3 en /ˈɑːfrɪkɑː/ Indic Proper noun ~ en Q15en The <<continent>> that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica the <<continent>> south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans. en sometimes offensive, dated, informal Dark Continent en the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa en Nimi Princewill Across Africa, Russia is growing in influence. What might Moscow want? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/africa/russia-expanding-influence-in-africa-intl-cmd 2025-01-18 As Russia’s foothold in Africa expands – notably in the mineral-rich Sahel region that is beset by recurring coups, armed rebellion and extremist insurgency – anti-Western sentiments, partly fueled by Russian propaganda, are engineering the exit of Western troops from swathes of territory. https://web.archive.org/web/20260518023703/https://www.cnn.com/2025/01/18/africa/russia-expanding-influence-in-africa-intl-cmd 18 May 2026 en nonstandard proscribed sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb. en 2021-06-10 Abdelmajid Hannoum The Invention of the Maghreb: Between Africa and the Middle East Cambridge University Press 9781108838160 205 The Sahara stood as an important marker between the Maghreb and Africa, not only in modern times but in times immemorial. en Q181238en historical en A <<former province>> of the <<emp/Roman Empire>>, containing what is now <<c:also/Tunisia>>, northeastern <<c/Algeria>> and portions of coastal <<c/Libya>>; existing from 146 BC (initially in the Roman Republic) through 698 AD, except for 439 through 534 AD, when it was occupied by the Vandals a <<former province>> of the <<emp/Roman Empire>>, containing what is now <<c:also/Tunisia>> and portions of coastal <<c/Algeria>> and <<c/Libya>>. en. Meronyms Countries of Africa en Central Africa Central African Republic Chad Democratic Republic of the Congo Republic of the Congo en Eastern Africa Burundi Comoros Djibouti Eritrea Ethiopia Kenya Seychelles Rwanda Somalia Tanzania Uganda en Northern Africa Algeria Egypt Libya Mauritania Morocco South Sudan Sudan Tunisia Western Sahara en Southern Africa Angola Botswana Eswatini Lesotho Madagascar Malawi Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Reunion South Africa Zambia Zimbabwe en Western Africa Benin Burkina Faso Cameroon Cape Verde Côte d'Ivoire Equatorial Guinea Gabon The Gambia Ghana Guinea-Bissau Liberia Mali Niger Nigeria São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Sierra Leone Togo en Subsahara Derived terms en Afrabia Afrasia Africa-Eurasia Africa-wide African Africa time Africatown Africologist Africology Africoonia Afrihili Apefreaka Apefrica Black Africa blackest Africa British Central Africa darkest Africa East Africa Eurafrasia Eurafrica French Equatorial Africa German East Africa hinge of Africa Horn of Africa Memfrica Mem-frica Memphrica North Africa Pearl of Africa Portuguese East Africa Portuguese West Africa Soufrica South Africa South West Africa sub-Saharan Africa West Africa Related terms en Africanish africoonian Africoonian Afrikaans Afroasiatic Afro-Asiatic Afrocentric Afrocentricity Afrocentrism Afrocentricism Afrocentrist Afrocrat Afucka Apefrican pan-African Pan-African Panafrican pan-Africanism Pan-Africanism Panafricanism Descendants zh 阿非利加 1 pon Aprika 1 sw Afrika 1 Translations Q15 continent Acehnese: ace Afrika Afrikaans: af Afrika Akan: ak Afrika Albanian: sq Afrikë f indefinite, sq Afrika f definite Amharic: am አፍሪቃ, am አፍሪካ Antillean Creole: gcf Afwik Arabic: ar أَفْرِيقِيَا f, ar إِفْرِيقِيَا f Hijazi Arabic: acw أفريقيا f ʔafrīgya Aramaic: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: aii ܐܲܦܪܝܼܩܵܐ Āfrīqa f Armenian: hy Աֆրիկա Asturian: ast África Azerbaijani: az Afrika Bambara: bm Afrika Bashkir: ba Африка Basque: eu Afrika Belarusian: be А́фрыка f Bengali: bn আফ্রিকা Betawi: bew Aprika Brahui: brh Afríká Breton: br Afrika f Bulgarian: bg А́фрика f Burmese: my အာဖရိက Carpathian Rusyn: rue А́фрика f Catalan: ca Àfrica f Central Atlas Tamazight: tzm ⵜⴰⴼⴻⵔⴽⴰ, tzm ⵜⴰⴼⵔⵉⵇⵜ Chechen: ce Африка, ce Африк Cherokee: chr ᎬᎿᎨᏍᏛ Chichewa: ny Afirika Chinese: Cantonese: yue 非洲 Eastern Min: cdo 非洲 Hakka: hak 非洲 Fî-chû Hokkien: nan-hbl 非洲 Hui-chiu Mandarin: cmn 非洲, cmn 阿非利加 Āfēilìjiā rare Wu: wuu 非洲 Circassian: West Circassian: ady Африкэ Cornish: kw Afrika Corsican: co Africa f Crimean Tatar: crh Afrika Czech: cs Afrika f Danish: da Afrika n Dhivehi: dv އެފްރިކާ Dinka: din Apirïka Dutch: nl Afrika n Dzongkha: dz ཨཕ་རི་ཀ Esperanto: eo Afriko Estonian: et Aafrika Faroese: fo Afrika f n Finnish: fi Afrikka French: fr Afrique f Old French: fro Affrique f, fro Affrike f Frisian: West Frisian: fy Afrika n Friulian: fur Afriche f Galician: gl África f Georgian: ka აფრიკა German: de Afrika n Bavarian: bar Afrika Greek: el Αφρική f Ancient Greek: grc Ἀφρική f, grc Λιβύη Greenlandic: kl Afrika Gujarati: gu આફ્રિકા Haitian Creole: ht Afrik Hausa: ha Afirka Hawaiian: haw ʻApelika Hebrew: he אַפְרִיקָה f áfrika Hindi: hi अफ़्रीका m, hi अफ़्रीक़ा m rare Hungarian: hu Afrika Icelandic: is Afríka f Ido: io Afrika Igbo: ig Eluàlà Ingrian: izh Afrikka Irish: ga an Afraic f Middle Irish: mga Afraicc f Old Irish: sga Afraicc f Italian: it Africa f Japanese: ja アフリカ Afurika, ja 阿弗利加 Afurika dated Javanese: jv Afrika Kabyle: kab Tafrikt Kalmyk: xal Априк Kannada: kn ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ Karakalpak: kaa Afrika Kashmiri: ks اَفریٖقہ Kashubian: csb Afrika f Kazakh: kk Африка Khmer: km អាហ្វ្រិក Kongo: kg Afelika, kg Afrika, kg Katiopa Korean: ko ^아프리카 Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: kmr Efrîqa Kyrgyz: ky Африка Ladin: lld Ladino: lad Afrika Lao: lo ອາຟຣິກກາ, lo ອາຟຣິກາ, lo ອາຝະລິກາ, lo ອາຟຣິກ, lo ອາຟະລິກ Latin: la Āfrica f, la Libya f Latvian: lv Āfrika f Lingala: ln Afríka Lithuanian: lt Afrika f Lü: khb ᦵᦝᧀᧈᦵᦋᦲᧁᧈ Macedonian: mk Африка f Malagasy: mg Afrika Malay: ms Afrika Malayalam: ml ആഫ്രിക്ക Maltese: mt Afrika Manx: gv Affrick f Yn Affrick Māori: mi Āwherika Marathi: mr आफ्रिका Mauritian Creole: mfe Lafrik Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Африк Mongolian script: mn ᠠᠹᠷᠢᠺᠠ Moore: mos Afriki Navajo: nv Naakaii Łizhiní Bikéyah Ndebele: Southern Ndebele: nr Afrika Nepali: ne अफ्रिका Northern Sotho: nso Afrika Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Afrika n Nynorsk: nn Afrika n Occitan: oc Africa f Odia: or ଆଫ୍ରିକା Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: cu Афріка f Glagolitic: cu Ⰰⱇⱃⰻⰽⰰ f Old English: ang Affrica f Ossetian: os Африкӕ Pangasinan: pag Afrika Papiamentu: pap Afrika Pashto: ps افريقا afrīqā Persian: Classical Persian: fa-cls آفْرِیقَا Dari: prs آفْرِیقَا Iranian Persian: fa-ira آفْریقا Piedmontese: pms Pitcairn-Norfolk: pih Afreka Plautdietsch: pdt Afrika f Pohnpeian: pon Aprika Polish: pl Afryka f Portuguese: pt África f Punjabi: pa ਅਫ਼ਰੀਕਾ Romanian: ro Africa f Russian: ru А́фрика f Rwanda-Rundi: rw Afurika Sami: Northern Sami: se Afrihkká Sanskrit: sa कुशद्वीप Sardinian: sc Afrika Scottish Gaelic: gd Afraga m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh А̀фрика f Latin: sh Àfrika f Silesian: szl Afrika Sindhi: sd آفريڪا Sinhalese: si අප්‍රිකාව Slovak: sk Afrika f Slovene: sl Áfrika f Somali: so Afrika Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: dsb Afrika f Upper Sorbian: hsb Afrika f Sotho: st Afrika Spanish: es África f Sranan Tongo: srn Afrika Sundanese: su Afrika Swahili: sw Afrika Swazi: ss Afrika Swedish: sv Afrika n Tagalog: tl Aprika Tajik: tg Африқо Tamil: ta ஆப்பிரிக்கா Tatar: tt Африка Telugu: te ఆఫ్రికా Thai: th แอฟริกา Tibetan: bo ཨ་ཧྥེ་རི་ཁ Tigrinya: ti ኣፍሪቃ Tsonga: ts Afrika Tswana: tn Aforika Turkish: tr Afrika Turkmen: tk Afrika Ukrainian: uk А́фрика f Urdu: ur اَفْرِیقَہ m, ur اَفْرِیقا m Uyghur: ug ئافرىقا Uzbek: uz Afrika Vai: vai ꕉꔱꔸꕪ Áfíríka Venda: ve Afurika Venetan: vec Africa Veps: vep Afrik Vietnamese: vi Châu Phi (vi 洲非), vi Phi Châu (vi 非洲), vi Phi Volapük: vo Frikop, vo Fikop obsolete, vo Filop obsolete Võro: vro Afriga Votic: vot Walloon: wa Afrike f Waray-Waray: war Aprika Welsh: (yr) cy Affrica f West Flemish: vls Afrika Wolaytta: wal Afrikkaa Wolof: wo Afrig Xhosa: xh i-Afrika Yiddish: yi אַפֿריקע f Yoruba: yo Ilẹ̀ Adúláwọ̀, yo Áfíríkà Zazaki: Southern Zazaki zza Afrika Zhuang: za Feihcouh Zulu: zu i-Afrika sub-Saharan Africa historical: province of the Roman Empire Finnish: fi Africa Marathi: mr आफ्रिका m See also Anagrams en aacfir AFAICR Faraci Corsican co: Etymology co la Āfrica. Cognate with it Africa and fr Afrique. Pronunciation co /ˈafrika/ Proper noun co propn f co Africa Q15 Italian Etymology it la Āfrica. Pronunciation Àfrica Proper noun f it Africa Q15,Q181238 Related terms it africanismo africanista africanistica africano africo afroasiatico See also Anagrams it aacfir Faraci farcia Latin la: Etymology la āfrica la terra āfrica f African land, where it is the feminine of the adjective la āfricus, from la Āfer Āfrī a tribal people of the area near Carthage -icus suffix forming adjectives 1. The Latin term formed alongside grc Ἀφρική, both terms being attested since the first century. Pronunciation Āfrica 1 Proper noun Āfrica<1.loc> the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53) la Africa Q181238 1 la Africa Q15 understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean la Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse. If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa. Declension Āfrica<1> Related terms la Āfer Āfrī āfricānus āfricus Descendants co Africa 1 en Africa 1 1 it Africa 1 fro Affrique 1 roa-opt África 1 ro Africa 1 pal frīgā 1 References Occitan oc: Etymology oc la Āfrica. Proper noun f oc Africa Q15,Q181238 Related terms oc african Old English Etymology ang la Āfrica. Proper noun m en Africa Derived terms ang Āfricānisċ African ang Āfrisċ African References Africa 1150 Old Galician-Portuguese Alternative forms roa-opt Affrica Etymology roa-opt :lbor la:Africa + Pronunciation roa-opt /ˈa.fɾi.ka/ Noun f roa-opt Africa Q15 Related terms roa-opt africano Descendants fax África gl África pt África References roa-opt CX Aff?rica roa-opt DDGM Africa Romanian ro: Etymology ro :lbor la:Āfrica + 1 Pronunciation ro /ˈa.fri.ka/ ro A fri ca Proper noun f ro Africa Q15,Q181238 Declension Afric sg See also