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Southern Africa
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English
Proper noun
Southern Africa
en Q27394en geographic region comprising the southern part of cont/Africa ; always including South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Lesotho and Eswatini, and sometimes also Angola, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
en West Africa North Africa Central Africa East Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Sahara Sahel
en nonstandard South Africa.
Usage notes
Although African regions are commonly designated by geographic orientation, such as East, West, and North Africa, the term Southern Africa is used to distinguish the broader region from the country of en South Africa, which constitutes only one part of Southern Africa.
Derived terms
en Southern African
Translations
southern part of the continent of Africa
Afrikaans: af Suider-Afrika
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 南部非洲 Nánbù Fēizhōu, cmn 南非 Nán Fēi
Dutch: nl Zuidelijk Afrika n
Estonian: et Lõuna-Aafrika
Finnish: fi eteläinen Afrikka, fi Eteläinen Afrikka
French: fr Afrique australe
Georgian: ka სამხრეთი აფრიკა
Hungarian: hu Dél-Afrika
Korean: ko 남아프리카
Portuguese: pt África Meridional f
Russian: ru
Spanish: es África Austral f, es África Meridional f, es África Sureña f, es Suráfrica f, es África del Sur f
Swahili: sw Afrika ya Kusini
Anagrams
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