"North Africa" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=North Africa}} North Africa
  1. The northern part of the continent of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue. Wikidata QID: Q27381 Categories (place): Regions in Africa Coordinate_terms: West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, Southern Africa, Sub-Saharan Africa, Saharan Africa, Sahara, Sahel Translations (the northern part of Africa): Noord-Afrika (Afrikaans), Afrikë Veriore [feminine] (Albanian), شَمَال إِفْرِيقِيَا (šamāl ʔifrīqiyā) [masculine] (Arabic), شَمَال أَفْرِيقِيَا (šamāl ʔafrīqiyā) [masculine] (Arabic), إِفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔifrīqiyā š-šamāliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), أَفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة (ʔafrīqiyā š-šamāliyya) [feminine] (Arabic), Հյուսիսային Աֆրիկա (english: Hyusisayin Afrika) (Armenian), Şimali Afrika (Azerbaijani), Паўно́чная А́фрыка (Paŭnóčnaja Áfryka) [feminine] (Belarusian), উত্তর আফ্রিকা (uttor aphrika) (Bengali), Се́верна А́фрика (Séverna Áfrika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), Àfrica del Nord [feminine] (Catalan), 北非 (Běifēi) (Chinese Mandarin), 北部非洲 (Běibù Fēizhōu) (Chinese Mandarin), Nordafrica [masculine] (Corsican), Africa di u Nordu [feminine] (Corsican), Severní Afrika [feminine] (Czech), Nordafrika [neuter] (Danish), Noord-Afrika [neuter] (Dutch), Põhja-Aafrika (Estonian), Norðurafrika [feminine, neuter] (Faroese), Pohjois-Afrikka (Finnish), Afrique du Nord [feminine] (French), norte de África (Galician), ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა (črdiloeti apriḳa) (Georgian), Nordafrika [neuter] (German), Βόρεια Αφρική (Vóreia Afrikí) [feminine] (Greek), उत्तर अफ़्रीका (uttar afrīkā) [masculine] (Hindi), Észak-Afrika (Hungarian), Norður-Afríka [feminine] (Icelandic), Afrika Utara (Indonesian), Nordafrica [feminine] (Italian), Africa del Nord [feminine] (Italian), 北アフリカ (Kita Afurika) (alt: きたアフリカ) (Japanese), Солтүстік Африка (Soltüstık Afrika) (Kazakh), 북아프리카 (Bugapeurika) (Korean), Түндүк Африка (Tündük Afrika) (Kyrgyz), ອາຟຣິກກາເໜືອ (ʼāp rik kā nư̄a) (Lao), Ziemeļāfrika [feminine] (Latvian), Šiaurės Afrika [feminine] (Lithuanian), Се́верна А́фрика (Séverna Áfrika) [feminine] (Macedonian), Afrika Utara (Malay), Afrika ta’ Fuq [feminine] (Maltese), Affrick Hwoaie (Manx), Умард Африк (Umard Afrik) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Хойд Африк (Xojd Afrik) [Cyrillic] (Mongolian), Nord-Afrika [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), آفریقای شمالی (âfriqâ-ye šomâli) (Persian), Północna Afryka [feminine] (Polish), norte da África [masculine] (Portuguese), Africa de Nord [feminine] (Romanian), Се́верная А́фрика (Sévernaja Áfrika) [feminine] (Russian), Северна Африка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Сјеверна Африка [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Severna Afrika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Sjeverna Afrika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), Severná Afrika [feminine] (Slovak), Severna Afrika [feminine] (Slovene), África del Norte [feminine] (Spanish), Afrika ya Kaskazini (Swahili), Nordafrika [neuter] (Swedish), Африқои Шимолӣ (Afriqoyi Šimolī) (Tajik), Төньяк Африка (Tön’yak Afrika) (Tatar), ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా (uttara āphrikā) (Telugu), แอฟริกาเหนือ (ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa) (Thai), Kuzey Afrika (Turkish), Demirgazyk Afrika (Turkmen), Півні́чна А́фрика (Pivníčna Áfryka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), شمالی افریقا (śumālī afrīqâ) [masculine] (Urdu), Shimoliy Afrika (Uzbek), Bắc Phi (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-North_Africa-en-name-en:Q27381 Disambiguation of Regions in Africa: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'the northern part of Africa': 100 0
  2. Synonym of Maghreb. Synonyms: Maghreb [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-North_Africa-en-name-rMESzrud Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

Alternative forms

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          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "črdiloeti apriḳa",
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          "word": "ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა"
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          "roman": "Vóreia Afrikí",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
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          "alt": "きたアフリカ",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "Kita Afurika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "北アフリカ"
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          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "Soltüstık Afrika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Солтүстік Африка"
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "Bugapeurika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "북아프리카"
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          "code": "ky",
          "lang": "Kyrgyz",
          "roman": "Tündük Afrika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Түндүк Африка"
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          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "ʼāp rik kā nư̄a",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "ອາຟຣິກກາເໜືອ"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Ziemeļāfrika"
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          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Šiaurės Afrika"
        },
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "Séverna Áfrika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Се́верна А́фрика"
        },
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Afrika Utara"
        },
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Afrika ta’ Fuq"
        },
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          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Affrick Hwoaie"
        },
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          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Umard Afrik",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Умард Африк"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "mn",
          "lang": "Mongolian",
          "roman": "Xojd Afrik",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "Хойд Африк"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Nord-Afrika"
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          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "âfriqâ-ye šomâli",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "آفریقای شمالی"
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          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Północna Afryka"
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          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "norte da África"
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          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Africa de Nord"
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          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "Sévernaja Áfrika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Се́верная А́фрика"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
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            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
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            "Cyrillic",
            "feminine"
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        },
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          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Severná Afrika"
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          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
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            "feminine"
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          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "_dis1": "100 0",
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          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Afrika ya Kaskazini"
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          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Nordafrika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "Afriqoyi Šimolī",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Африқои Шимолӣ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tt",
          "lang": "Tatar",
          "roman": "Tön’yak Afrika",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Төньяк Африка"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "uttara āphrikā",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "แอฟริกาเหนือ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Kuzey Afrika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "tk",
          "lang": "Turkmen",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Demirgazyk Afrika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "Pivníčna Áfryka",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Півні́чна А́фрика"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "ur",
          "lang": "Urdu",
          "roman": "śumālī afrīqâ",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "شمالی افریقا"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "uz",
          "lang": "Uzbek",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Shimoliy Afrika"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
          "word": "Bắc Phi"
        }
      ],
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        "Q27381"
      ]
    },
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            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of Maghreb."
      ],
      "id": "en-North_Africa-en-name-rMESzrud",
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        [
          "Maghreb",
          "Maghreb#English"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "tags": [
            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
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        }
      ]
    }
  ],
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    "North Africa"
  ],
  "word": "North Africa"
}
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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Regions in Africa"
  ],
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    {
      "word": "West Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "East Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Central Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Southern Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sub-Saharan Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Saharan Africa"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sahara"
    },
    {
      "word": "Sahel"
    }
  ],
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        "head": "North Africa"
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  "pos": "name",
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        "The northern part of the continent of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue."
      ],
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          "continent"
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          "Africa",
          "Africa"
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        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
        ],
        [
          "Sahara Desert",
          "Sahara Desert"
        ],
        [
          "Arabic",
          "Arabic"
        ],
        [
          "widely",
          "widely"
        ],
        [
          "spoken",
          "spoken"
        ],
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          "mother tongue"
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    },
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        "Synonym of Maghreb."
      ],
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        {
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            "synonym",
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        }
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Noord-Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Afrikë Veriore"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šamāl ʔifrīqiyā",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمَال إِفْرِيقِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "šamāl ʔafrīqiyā",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شَمَال أَفْرِيقِيَا"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔifrīqiyā š-šamāliyya",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "إِفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔafrīqiyā š-šamāliyya",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "أَفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "english": "Hyusisayin Afrika",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Հյուսիսային Աֆրիկա"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Şimali Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "Paŭnóčnaja Áfryka",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Паўно́чная А́фрыка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "uttor aphrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "উত্তর আফ্রিকা"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "Séverna Áfrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Се́верна А́фрика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Àfrica del Nord"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Běifēi",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "北非"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "Běibù Fēizhōu",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "北部非洲"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Nordafrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Africa di u Nordu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Severní Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nordafrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Noord-Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Põhja-Aafrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Norðurafrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Pohjois-Afrikka"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Afrique du Nord"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "norte de África"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "črdiloeti apriḳa",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nordafrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "Vóreia Afrikí",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Βόρεια Αφρική"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "uttar afrīkā",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "उत्तर अफ़्रीका"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Észak-Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Norður-Afríka"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Afrika Utara"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Nordafrica"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Africa del Nord"
    },
    {
      "alt": "きたアフリカ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "Kita Afurika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "北アフリカ"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "Soltüstık Afrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Солтүстік Африка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "Bugapeurika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "북아프리카"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "Tündük Afrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Түндүк Африка"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "ʼāp rik kā nư̄a",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "ອາຟຣິກກາເໜືອ"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Ziemeļāfrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Šiaurės Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "Séverna Áfrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Се́верна А́фрика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Afrika Utara"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Afrika ta’ Fuq"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Affrick Hwoaie"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Umard Afrik",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Умард Африк"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "Xojd Afrik",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "Хойд Африк"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nord-Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "âfriqâ-ye šomâli",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "آفریقای شمالی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Północna Afryka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "norte da África"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Africa de Nord"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "Sévernaja Áfrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Се́верная А́фрика"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Северна Африка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Сјеверна Африка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Severna Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sjeverna Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Severná Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Severna Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "África del Norte"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Afrika ya Kaskazini"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Nordafrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "Afriqoyi Šimolī",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Африқои Шимолӣ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tt",
      "lang": "Tatar",
      "roman": "Tön’yak Afrika",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Төньяк Африка"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "uttara āphrikā",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "แอฟริกาเหนือ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Kuzey Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Demirgazyk Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "Pivníčna Áfryka",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Півні́чна А́фрика"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "roman": "śumālī afrīqâ",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "شمالی افریقا"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Shimoliy Afrika"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "the northern part of Africa",
      "word": "Bắc Phi"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "North Africa"
  ],
  "word": "North Africa"
}

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