English > African country: 1 sense > noun 1, location| Meaning | Any one of the countries occupying the African continent. |
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| Synonym | African nation |
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| Instances | Algeria, Algerie, Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria | A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean Sea with a population that is predominantly Sunni Muslim |
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| Angola, Republic of Angola | A republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean |
| 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 |
| 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) |
| Eritrea, State of Eritrea | An African country to the north of Ethiopia on the Red Sea |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Morocco, Kingdom of Morocco, Maroc, Marruecos, Al-Magrib | A kingdom (constitutional monarchy) in northwestern Africa with a largely Muslim population |
| 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 |
| Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Ruanda | A landlocked republic in central Africa |
| Senegal, Republic of Senegal | A republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic |
| Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone | A republic in West Africa |
| 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 |
| Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan | A republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea |
| 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 |
| Tunisia, Republic of Tunisia | A republic in northwestern Africa on the Mediterranean coast |
| Uganda, Republic of Uganda | A landlocked republic in eastern Africa |
| 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 |
| Part of | Africa | The second largest continent |
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| Broader | country, state, land | The territory occupied by a nation |
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| Spanish | estado africano, país africano |
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| Catalan | Àfrica |
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