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Selected source glosses provide context, not a complete modern definition inventoryThe continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. · Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb. · 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. · A surname.
Etymology tree Latin Āfer Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icus Latin āfricus Latin āfrica Latin Āfricalbor. Old French Affriquebor. Middle English Affrike English Africa Inherited 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 (ʿpr /ʿafar/, “dust”), from Proto-Semitic *ʕapar- (“dust, soil”), which has cognates in other Semitic languages. * The Berber word ifri (“cave”), plural ifran, in reference to cave dwellers of Tunisia (see Tataouine). Folk etymologies include: * Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) + φρίκη f (phríkē), meaning "without cold" * Latin aprica (“sunny”).
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