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Afrika

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English

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Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. (African-American Vernacular, uncommon) Alternative spelling of Africa: the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans
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Anagrams

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Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɑfɾikä/
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Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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Albanian

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Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. definite nominative of Afrikë

Cornish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English Africa, from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

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Afrika m

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈafrɪka]
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  • Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

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Afrika f (relational adjective africký, demonym Afričan, female demonym Afričanka)

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
    Severní AfrikaNorth Africa
  2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Declension

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Further reading

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Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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From Latin Āfrica.

Proper noun

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Afrika c

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Dutch

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Etymology

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Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaː.fri.kaː/
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  • Hyphenation: Afri‧ka

Proper noun

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Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans, demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f)

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
    Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika, Equatoriaal-Afrika, Midden-Afrika, Noord-Afrika, Oost-Afrika, West-Afrika, Zuid-Afrika, Zuidwest-Afrika

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Indonesian: Afrika
  • Petjo: aprik

Gagauz

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Gagauz Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia gag

Etymology

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Likely from Ottoman Turkish آفریقه, ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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Afrika n (proper noun, genitive Afrikas or (optionally with an article) Afrika)

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Coordinate terms

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • Afrika” in Duden online
  • Afrika”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)

Hungarian

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 Afrika on Hungarian Wikipedia

Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɒfrikɒ]
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  • Rhymes: -kɒ
  • Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Declension

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Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative Afrika
accusative Afrikát
dative Afrikának
instrumental Afrikával
causal-final Afrikáért
translative Afrikává
terminative Afrikáig
essive-formal Afrikaként
essive-modal
inessive Afrikában
superessive Afrikán
adessive Afrikánál
illative Afrikába
sublative Afrikára
allative Afrikához
elative Afrikából
delative Afrikáról
ablative Afrikától
non-attributive
possessive – singular
Afrikáé
non-attributive
possessive – plural
Afrikáéi
Possessive forms of Afrika
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. Afrikám
2nd person sing. Afrikád
3rd person sing. Afrikája
1st person plural Afrikánk
2nd person plural Afrikátok
3rd person plural Afrikájuk

Derived terms

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Ido

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Proper noun

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Afrika

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia id

Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch Afrika.

Pronunciation

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Afrika

  1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
  2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

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Further reading

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Kashubian

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Kashubian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia csb

Etymology

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    Borrowed from Polish Afryka.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /aˈfri.ka/
    • Rhymes: -ika
    • Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka

    Proper noun

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    Afrika f

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

    Further reading

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    • Sychta, Bernard (1967), “Afrika”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 2
    • Jan Trepczyk (1994), “Afryka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
    • Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “Afryka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi[2]
    • Afrika”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

    Lithuanian

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    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Proper noun

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    Afrika f

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
    2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

    Declension

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    Declension of Afrika
    nominative Afrika
    genitive Afrikos
    dative Afrikai
    accusative Afriką
    instrumental Afrika
    locative Afrikoje
    vocative Afrika
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    Lower Sorbian

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    Etymology

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    Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

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    Afrika f

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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    Further reading

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    • Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “Afrika”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
    • Starosta, Manfred (1999), “Afrika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

    Luxembourgish

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    Luxembourgish Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia lb

    Etymology

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    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Proper noun

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    Afrika n

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

    Malagasy

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    Malagasy Wikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipedia mg

    Etymology

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    Possibly from Spanish África.

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    Afrika

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

    Further reading

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    • Afrika in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

    Malay

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    Afrika

    Etymology

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    Borrowed from English Africa or Dutch Afrika, from Latin Āfrica.

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    Afrika (Jawi spelling افريکا)

    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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    Maltese

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    Etymology

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      Borrowed from Italian Africa.

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      L-Afrika f

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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      Norwegian Bokmål

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      Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nb
      Afrika

      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Proper noun

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      Afrika

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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      Norwegian Nynorsk

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      Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia nn

      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

      Proper noun

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      Afrika

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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      Plautdietsch

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      Afrika f

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

      Serbo-Croatian

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ǎfrika/
      • Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

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      Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
      2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

      Declension

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      References

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      • Afrika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

      Slovak

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      Etymology

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      Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

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      Afrika f (genitive singular Afriky, declension pattern of žena)

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

      Declension

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      Declension of Afrika
      singulare tantum
      nominative Afrika
      genitive Afriky
      dative Afrike
      accusative Afriku
      locative Afrike
      instrumental Afrikou

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      References

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      • Afrika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026

      Slovene

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      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      Ȃfrika f

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
      2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

      Declension

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      Unknown tone or non-tonal
      The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.
      Feminine, a-stem
      nominative Áfrika
      genitive Áfrike
      singular
      nominative
      (imenovȃlnik)
      Áfrika
      genitive
      (rodȋlnik)
      Áfrike
      dative
      (dajȃlnik)
      Áfriki
      accusative
      (tožȋlnik)
      Áfriko
      locative
      (mẹ̑stnik)
      Áfriki
      instrumental
      (orọ̑dnik)
      Áfriko
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      Swahili

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      Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sw

      Etymology

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      Ultimately from Latin Africa, either by way of German Afrika or English Africa.

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      Afrika

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
      2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

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      Swedish

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      Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
      Wikipedia sv

      Etymology

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      (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

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      Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)

      1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
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      Tok Pisin

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      Alternative forms

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      Etymology

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        From English Africa.

        Proper noun

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        Afrika

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

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        Tsonga

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        Etymology

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        (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

        Noun

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        Afrika

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

        Turkish

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        Etymology

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        Inherited from Ottoman Turkish آفریقه.

        Proper noun

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        Afrika

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
        2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

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        Turkmen

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        Other scripts
        Latin Afrika
        Cyrillic Африка
        Arabic آفریقا

        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Russian А́фрика (Áfrika), from Latin Āfrica.

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        Afrika

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

        Upper Sorbian

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        Etymology

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        Ultimately from Latin Āfrica.

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        Afrika f

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

        Declension

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        proper nouns

        Further reading

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        • Afrika”, in Mudra corpus [Upper Sorbian–Czech dictionary] (in Czech), 2024–2026
        • Afrika” in Soblex

        Uzbek

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        Etymology

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        Borrowed from Russian А́фрика (Áfrika), ultimately from Latin Āfrica.

        Pronunciation

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        • IPA(key): /ˈafrika/, /afriˈqɒ/
        • Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

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        Afrika

        1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

        Declension

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        Declension of Afrika
        singular plural
        nominative Afrika Afrikalar
        genitive Afrikaning Afrikalarning
        dative Afrikaga Afrikalarga
        definite accusative Afrikani Afrikalarni
        locative Afrikada Afrikalarda
        ablative Afrikadan Afrikalardan
        similative Afrikadek Afrikalardek
        Possessive forms of Afrika
        1st person singular
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikam Afrikalarim
        genitive Afrikamning Afrikalarimning
        dative Afrikamga Afrikalarimga
        definite accusative Afrikamni Afrikalarimni
        locative Afrikamda Afrikalarimda
        ablative Afrikamdan Afrikalarimdan
        similative Afrikamdek Afrikalarimdek
        2nd person singular
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikang Afrikalaring
        genitive Afrikangning Afrikalaringning
        dative Afrikangga Afrikalaringga
        definite accusative Afrikangni Afrikalaringni
        locative Afrikangda Afrikalaringda
        ablative Afrikangdan Afrikalaringdan
        similative Afrikangdek Afrikalaringdek
        3rd person singular
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikasi Afrikalari
        genitive Afrikasining Afrikalarining
        dative Afrikasiga Afrikalariga
        definite accusative Afrikasini Afrikalarini
        locative Afrikasida Afrikalarida
        ablative Afrikasidan Afrikalaridan
        similative Afrikasidek Afrikalaridek
        1st person plural
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikamiz Afrikalarimiz
        genitive Afrikamizning Afrikalarimizning
        dative Afrikamizga Afrikalarimizga
        definite accusative Afrikamizni Afrikalarimizni
        locative Afrikamizda Afrikalarimizda
        ablative Afrikamizdan Afrikalarimizdan
        similative Afrikamizdek Afrikalarimizdek
        2nd person plural
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikangiz Afrikalaringiz
        genitive Afrikangizning Afrikalaringizning
        dative Afrikangizga Afrikalaringizga
        definite accusative Afrikangizni Afrikalaringizni
        locative Afrikangizda Afrikalaringizda
        ablative Afrikangizdan Afrikalaringizdan
        similative Afrikangizdek Afrikalaringizdek
        3rd person plural
        singular plural
        nominative Afrikasi Afrikalari
        genitive Afrikasining Afrikalarining
        dative Afrikasiga Afrikalariga
        definite accusative Afrikasini Afrikalarini
        locative Afrikasida Afrikalarida
        ablative Afrikasidan Afrikalaridan
        similative Afrikasidek Afrikalaridek

        Yoruba

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        English Africa

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        Áfríkà

        1. archaic spelling of Afíríkà (Africa)