Vi fant 2 definisjoner av africa på engelsk.
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| Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean | ||
| eastern hemisphere, orient the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia | ||
| barbary a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries | ||
| nubia an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser | ||
| maghreb, mahgrib the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia | ||
| african country, african nation any one of the countries occupying the African continent | ||
| east africa a geographical area in eastern Africa | ||
| namibia, republic of namibia, south west africa a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa | ||
| angola, republic of angola a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 | ||
| burundi, republic of burundi a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika | ||
| cameroun, republic of cameroon, cameroon a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 | ||
| central africa, central african republic a landlocked country in central Africa; formerly under French control; became independent in 1960 | ||
| republic of chad, tchad, chad a family of Afroasiatic tonal languages (mostly two tones) spoken in the regions west and south of Lake Chad in north central Africa | ||
| french congo, republic of the congo, congo a republic in west-central Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960 | ||
| belgian congo, democratic republic of the congo, zaire, congo the basic unit of money in Zaire | ||
| cote d'ivoire, ivory coast, republic of cote d'ivoire a republic in western Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Africa | ||
| benin, dahomey, republic of benin a country on western coast of Africa; formerly under French control | ||
| togo, togolese republic a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control | ||
| afars and issas, republic of djibouti, djibouti a country in northeastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; formerly under French control but became independent in 1997 | ||
| equatorial guinea, republic of equatorial guinea, spanish guinea a country of west central Africa (including islands in the Gulf of Guinea); became independent from Spain in 1968 | ||
| abyssinia, ethiopia, federal democratic republic of ethiopia, yaltopya Ethiopia is a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; formerly called Abyssinia | ||
| roman empire | ||
| ruanda, rwanda, rwandese republic a landlocked republic in central Africa; formerly a German colony | ||
| botswana, republic of botswana a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s | ||
| arab republic of egypt, united arab republic, egypt a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC | ||
| kenya, republic of kenya a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya | ||
| gabon, gabonese republic, gabun a republic on the west coast of Africa | ||
| gambia, republic of the gambia, the gambia a narrow republic surrounded by Senegal in West Africa | ||
| ghana, republic of ghana, gold coast a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; "Ghana was colonized as the Gold Coast by the British" | ||
| french guinea, republic of guinea, guinea a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 | ||
| guine-bissau, guinea-bissau, portuguese guinea, republic of guinea-bissau a republic on the northwestern coast of Africa; recognized as independent by Portugal in 1974 | ||
| basutoland, kingdom of lesotho, lesotho a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 | ||
| liberia, republic of liberia a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves | ||
| libya, socialist people's libyan arab jamahiriya a military dictatorship in northern Africa on the Mediterranean; consists almost entirely of desert; a major exporter of petroleum | ||
| malagasy republic, republic of madagascar, madagascar an island in the Indian Ocean off the southeastern coast of Africa; the 4th largest island in the world | ||
| malawi, nyasaland, republic of malawi a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 | ||
| french sudan, mali, republic of mali a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years | ||
| islamic republic of mauritania, mauritania, mauritanie, muritaniya a country in northwestern Africa with a provisional military government; achieved independence from France in 1960; largely western Sahara Desert | ||
| mocambique, mozambique, republic of mozambique a republic on the southeastern coast of Africa on the Mozambique Channel; became independent from Portugal in 1975 | ||
| republic of niger, niger a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert | ||
| federal republic of nigeria, nigeria a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country | ||
| republic of senegal, senegal a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960 | ||
| republic of sierra leone, sierra leone a republic in West Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1961 | ||
| somalia a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare | ||
| horn of africa, somali peninsula a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia | ||
| republic of south africa, south africa a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) | ||
| soudan, sudan a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea | ||
| republic of the sudan, soudan, sudan a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea | ||
| kingdom of swaziland, swaziland a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968 | ||
| tanzania, united republic of tanzania a republic in eastern Africa | ||
| ottoman empire, turkish empire a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire | ||
| republic of uganda, uganda a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 | ||
| northern rhodesia, republic of zambia, zambia a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964 | ||
| republic of zimbabwe, rhodesia, southern rhodesia, zimbabwe a landlocked republic in south central Africa formerly called Rhodesia; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1980 | ||
| sahara, sahara desert the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa | ||
| black africa, sub-saharan africa the region of Africa to the south of the Sahara Desert | ||
| north africa an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea | ||
| west africa an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea | ||
| great rift valley ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults | ||
| lake chad, chad a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river | ||
| lake tanganyika, tanganyika the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley | ||
| lake victoria, victoria nyanza the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River | ||
| chari, chari river, shari, shari river an African river that flows northwest into Lake Chad | ||