English > Africa: 1 sense > noun 1, object| Meaning | The second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean. |
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| Instance of | continent | One of the large landmasses of the earth |
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| Part of | eastern hemisphere, orient | The hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia |
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| Parts | African country, African nation | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent |
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| Angola, Republic of Angola | A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean |
| Barbary | A region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar |
| Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey | A country on western coast of Africa |
| Botswana, Republic of Botswana | A landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s |
| Burundi, Republic of Burundi | A landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika |
| Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun | A republic on the western coast of central Africa |
| Central African Republic, Central Africa | A landlocked country in central Africa |
| Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad | A landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa |
| Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo | A republic in central Africa |
| Congo, Republic of the Congo, French Congo | A republic in west-central Africa |
| Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas | A country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula |
| East Africa | A geographical area in eastern Africa |
| Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic | A republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971 |
| Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Spanish Guinea | A country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea) |
| Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia | Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea |
| Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun | A republic on the west coast of Africa |
| Gambia, The Gambia, Republic of The Gambia | A narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa |
| Ghana, Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast | A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea |
| Great Rift Valley | (geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa |
| Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea | A republic in western Africa on the Atlantic |
| Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea | A republic on the northwestern coast of Africa |
| Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | A republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea |
| Kenya, Republic of Kenya | A republic in eastern Africa |
| Lake Chad, Chad | A lake in north central Africa |
| Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika | The longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley |
| Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza | The largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world |
| Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland | A landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa |
| Liberia, Republic of Liberia | A republic in West Africa |
| Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya | A military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean |
| Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar, Malagasy Republic | A republic on the island of Madagascar |
| Maghreb, Mahgrib | The region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia |
| Malawi, Republic of Malawi, Nyasaland | A landlocked republic in southern central Africa |
| Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan | A landlocked republic in northwestern Africa |
| Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya | A country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government |
| Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, Mocambique | A republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel |
| Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa | A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa) |
| Niger, Republic of Niger | A landlocked republic in West Africa |
| Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria | A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea |
| North Africa | An area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea |
| Nubia | An ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile |
| Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire | A Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe |
| Roman Empire | An empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire |
| Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Ruanda | A landlocked republic in central Africa |
| Sahara, Sahara Desert | The world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa |
| Senegal, Republic of Senegal | A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic |
| Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River | An African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad |
| Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone | A republic in West Africa |
| Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa | A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia |
| Somalia | A republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula |
| South Africa, Republic of South Africa | A republic at the southernmost part of Africa |
| Sub-Saharan Africa, Black Africa | The region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert |
| Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan | A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea |
| Sudan, Soudan | A region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts |
| Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland | A landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa |
| Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania | A republic in eastern Africa |
| Togo, Togolese Republic | A republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea |
| Uganda, Republic of Uganda | A landlocked republic in eastern Africa |
| West Africa | An area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea |
| Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia | A republic in central Africa |
| Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia | A landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia |
| Region of | Boer War | Either of two wars |
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| Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa | A republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa) |
| Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa | A peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia |
| campaign, hunting expedition, safari | An overland journey by hunters (especially in Africa) |
| emir, amir, emeer, ameer | An independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) |
| Spanish | Africa, áfrica, África |
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| Catalan | Africa, Àfrica |
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| Adjectives | African | of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples |
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| Eurafrican | relating to or coming from Europe and Africa |
