Africa

Af-ri-ca · proper_noun

imported

Definitions

proper_noun

  1. 1.

    The second-largest continent, located south of Europe and southwest of Asia, comprising 54 countries.

Related words

See also: African, continent

Etymology

From Latin Africa, originally referring to the region around Carthage (modern Tunisia). The origin is uncertain but may derive from the Berber word ifri ("cave"), referring to cave-dwelling peoples, or from the Phoenician afar ("dust").