See also África, and Àfrica

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English

Etymology

From Latin Africa, from Afri, the ancient Carthaginian tribe of Northern Africa named after Άφρος (Afros), a character in Greek mythology, king of Λιβύη (Libya) and son of Κρόνος (Kronos) and Φιλύρα (Filyra). Adjective form with suffix -ic, -icus, -ikos, related to Afars.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Singular Africa

Plural -

Africa

  1. The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. It holds the following countries:
Countries of Africa

Central Africa

Eastern Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

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Italian

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Africa f.

  1. Africa.

Related terms

Latin

Proper noun

Āfrica (genitive Āfricae); f, first declension

  1. Africa
    Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.
    If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.

Inflection

nominative Āfrica
genitive Āfricae
dative Āfricae
accusative Āfricam
ablative Āfricā
vocative Āfrica
locative Āfricae

Related terms

Romanian

Romanian Wikipedia has an article on: Africa

Wikipedia ro

Etymology

Latin Africa

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Africa f.

  1. Africa

Declension

gender f. uncountable
Nom/Acc Africa
Gen/Dat Africii

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