Old English · proper noun
Affrica
- Part of speech
- proper noun, feminine
- IPA
- /ˈɑf.fri.kɑ/
- Syllables
- ˈɑf · fri · kɑ (3 syllables)
Meaning
Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)
Affrica ⁊ Asia hiera landġemircu onginnað of Alexandria, Egypta burg...
The boundaries between Africa and Asia begin in the Egyptian city of Alexandria...
late 9th century, translation of Orosius’ History Against the Pagans
Etymology
From Latin Africa.
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