Africa Definition

ăfrĭ-kə
pronoun

(historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.

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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.

The Maghreb and the Subsahara are regions of Africa with different geographies.
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Subsahara.

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Origin of Africa

  • From Latin Āfrica.

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Africa Sentence Examples

  • It is as much Asia or Africa as New England.

  • I've never been to Europe, or Africa, or anywhere yet.

  • Crops native to Africa are not the staples of the world.

  • Although in late Tertiary times widely spread over southern Europe and India, giraffes are now confined to Africa south of the Sahara.

  • In Africa they were successful in expelling the garrisons placed in some of the coast towns by the Norman kings of Sicily.

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Words Starting With

AAFAFR

Words Ending With

ACAICA

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Africa

Words Starting With A and Ending With A

Starts With A & Ends With AStarts With AF & Ends With AStarts With A & Ends With CA

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With A6 Letter Words Ending With A