Africa

== English == === Alternative forms === Afrika (sometimes used in African-American Vernacular) Affrike (archaic) Afric (poetic, archaic) Africk (obsolete) Afficky (obsolete) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English Affrike, from Old French Affrique, Affrike, from Latin Āfrica, from Āfrī, singular Āfer (inhabitant of the country of Carthage), in turn either from: The Punic or Phoenician word 𐤏𐤐𐤓 (ʿpr /⁠ʿafar⁠/, “dust”), from Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust, soil”), which has cognates in other Semitic languages. The Berber word ifri (“cave”), plural ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine). Folk etymologies include: Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + φρίκη f (phríkē), meaning "without cold" Latin aprica (“sunny”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, US, Canada) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/ (weak vowel merger) IPA(key): /ˈæf.ɹə.kə/ (General South African) IPA(key): /ɛfrɨkə/ Rhymes: -æfɹɪkə (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈɑːfrɪkɑː/ === Proper noun === Africa (countable and uncountable, plural Africas) The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. Synonym: (sometimes offensive, dated, informal) Dark Continent (nonstandard, proscribed) Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb. (historical) A former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia, northeastern Algeria and portions of coastal Libya; existing from 146 BC (initially in the Roman Republic) through 698 AD, except for 439 through 534 AD, when it was occupied by the Vandals. A surname. ==== Meronyms ==== Countries of Africa Subsahara ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Chinese: 阿非利加 (Āfēilìjiā) → Pohnpeian: Aprika → Swahili: Afrika ==== Translations ==== === See also === === Anagrams === AFAICR, Faraci == Corsican == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Āfrica. Cognate with Italian Africa and French Afrique. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈafrika/ === Proper noun === Africa f Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) == Italian == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Āfrica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/ Rhymes: -afrika Hyphenation: À‧fri‧ca === Proper noun === Africa f Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya) ==== Related terms ==== === See also === === Anagrams === Faraci, farcia == Latin == === Etymology === Ellipsis of terra āfrica f (“African land”), where it is the feminine of the adjective āfricus, from Āfrī (“a tribal people of the area near Carthage”) +‎ -icus (suffix forming adjectives). The Latin term formed alongside Ancient Greek Ἀφρική (Aphrikḗ), both terms being attested since the first century. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈaː.frɪ.ka] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.fri.ka] === Proper noun === Āfrica f sg (genitive Āfricae); first declension the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of Cyrenaica Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya) Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) (understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean) ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun, singular only. ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === “Africa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “Africa”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers “Africa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. == Occitan == === Etymology === Inherited from Latin Āfrica. === Proper noun === Africa f Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya) ==== Related terms ==== african == Old English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Āfrica. === Proper noun === Africa m Africa ==== Derived terms ==== Āfricānisċ (“African”) Āfrisċ (“African”) === References === Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “Africa”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Galician-Portuguese == === Alternative forms === Affrica === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin Africa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.fɾi.ka/ === Noun === Africa f Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Fala: África Galician: África Portuguese: África === References === CX, “Africa” DDGM, “Africa” == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin Āfrica. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈa.fri.ka/ Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ca === Proper noun === Africa f Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans) (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya) ==== Declension ==== === See also ===