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Africa — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • Africa name The second-largest continent, bordered by the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean.

Senses

Africa is used for these senses in English:

  • Africa (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.

Africa — full definition

  1. name The second-largest continent, bordered by the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and the Indian Ocean.
  2. name Informally, sub-Saharan Africa, as distinguished from North Africa.

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