africa
/AE1 F R AH0 K AH0/noun
- 1
The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
- 2
(nonstandard, proscribed) Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb.
- 3
(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.
- 4
A surname.
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