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East Africa
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English
Proper noun
east Africa
en Q27407en geographic region encompassing the eastern part of cont/Africa generally stretching from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the north to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the south.
en John Malathronas Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn? w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness 2021-04-25 Similarly, Swahili evolved as the trading language in East Africa and is described as having an Arab vocabulary upon an African grammar. https://web.archive.org/web/20220322023413/https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/learn-a-foreign-language-wellness
Coordinate terms
en Central Africa
en North Africa
en Saharan Africa, en Sahara
en Sahel
en Southern Africa
en Sub-Saharan Africa
en West Africa
Derived terms
en East Africa Time
en Italian East Africa
en German East Africa
Translations
eastern part of the continent of Africa
Afrikaans: af Oos-Afrika
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 東非 Dōngfēi, cmn 東非洲 Dōng Fēizhōu
Danish: da Østafrika
Dinka: din
Dutch: nl Oost-Afrika n
Finnish: fi Itä-Afrikka
French: fr Afrique Orientale
Georgian: ka აღმოსავლეთი აფრიკა
German: de Ostafrika n
Hungarian: hu Kelet-Afrika
Japanese: ja
Korean: ko 동아프리카
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Øst-Afrika
Nynorsk: nn Aust-Afrika
Russian: ru Восто́чная А́фрика f
Spanish: es África Oriental
Swahili: sw Afrika ya Mashariki
Swedish: sv Östafrika n
Tamil: ta கிழக்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா
Vietnamese: vi Đông Phi
Wolaytta: wal Arshsho Afrikkaa cProper noun