Africa

Meaning

Proper Noun

• The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
• sub-Saharan Africa
• province empire, Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.

Related

Narrower meaning words

• Central African Republic
• Chad
• Democratic Republic of the Congo
• Republic of the Congo
• Burundi
• Comoros
• Djibouti
• Eritrea
• Ethiopia
• Kenya
• Seychelles
• Rwanda
• Somalia – Somaliland – Puntland
• Tanzania
• Uganda
• Algeria
• Ceuta
• Egypt
• Libya
• Mauritania
• Melilla
• Morocco
• South Sudan
• Sudan
• Tunisia
• Western Sahara
• Angola
• Botswana
• Lesotho
• Madagascar
• Malawi
• Mauritius
• Mozambique
• Namibia
• Reunion
• Swaziland
• South Africa
• Zambia
• Zimbabwe
• Ambazonia
• Benin
• Burkina Faso
• Cameroon
• Cape Verde
• Côte d'Ivoire
• Equatorial Guinea
• Gabon
• The Gambia
• Ghana
• Guinea-Bissau
• Liberia
• Mali
• Niger
• Nigeria
• Sao Tome and Principe
• Senegal
• Sierra Leone
• Togo
• Subsahara

Origin

• 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, which has cognates in other Semitic languages.
• The word ifri, plural ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine).
• Ancient Greek ἀ- + φρίκη, meaning "without cold"
• Latin aprica.