"East Africa" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=East Africa}} East Africa
  1. The eastern part of the continent of Africa. Wikipedia link: East Africa Categories (place): Regions of Africa Derived forms: East Africa Time, Italian East Africa, German East Africa Coordinate_terms: Central Africa, North Africa, Saharan Africa, Sahara, Sahel, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, West Africa Translations (eastern part of the continent of Africa): Oos-Afrika (Afrikaans), 東非 /东非 (Dōngfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 東非洲 /东非洲 (Dōng Fēizhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Østafrika (Danish), Oost-Afrika [neuter] (Dutch), Itä-Afrikka (Finnish), Afrique Orientale (French), აღმოსავლეთი აფრიკა (aɣmosavleti apriḳa) (Georgian), Ostafrika [neuter] (German), 동아프리카 (dong'apeurika) (Korean), Øst-Afrika (Norwegian Bokmål), Aust-Afrika (Norwegian Nynorsk), Восто́чная А́фрика (Vostóčnaja Áfrika) [feminine] (Russian), África Oriental (Spanish), Afrika ya Mashariki (Swahili), Östafrika [neuter] (Swedish), Đông Phi (Vietnamese)

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