"West Africa" meaning in All languages combined

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Proper name [English]

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  1. A region of Africa, spanning 16 countries. Wikipedia link: West Africa Categories (place): Regions of Africa Synonyms: Western Africa Derived forms: French West Africa, West Africa Time Related terms: East Africa, South Africa, North Africa, Central Africa Coordinate_terms: Southern Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, North Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Saharan Africa, Sahara, Sahel Translations (region of Africa): Wes-Afrika (Afrikaans), 西非 (sai¹ fei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 西非 (Xīfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), Vestafrika [neuter] (Danish), West-Afrika [neuter] (Dutch), Länsi-Afrikka (Finnish), ouest d’Afrique (French), Afrique de l’Ouest (French), დასავლეთი აფრიკა (dasavleti apriḳa) (Georgian), Westafrika [neuter] (German), Afrika Barat (Indonesian), an Afraic Thiar [feminine] (Irish), 西アフリカ (Nishi-Afurika) (alt: にしアフリカ) (Japanese), 서아프리카 (seoapeurika) (Korean), Afrika Barat (Malay), Vest-Afrika (Norwegian Bokmål), Vest-Afrika (Norwegian Nynorsk), África Ocidental [feminine] (Portuguese), Africa de Vest [feminine] (Romanian), vestul Africii [neuter] (Romanian), За́падная А́фрика (Západnaja Áfrika) [feminine] (Russian), África Occidental [feminine] (Spanish), Afrika ya Magharibi (Swahili), Västafrika [neuter] (Swedish), Tây Phi (Vietnamese)
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