Djibouti

Débarquement de troupes françaises dans le port de Djibouti.

1935, “File:Troops Djibouti 1935.jpg”, in Wikimedia Commons:

Landing of French troops in the port of Djibouti.


Nigeria

Nigeria (a country in West Africa, south of the country of Niger)


Mozambique

Mozambique (a country in East Africa and Southern Africa)


Madagascar

Madagascar (an island and country off the east coast of Africa)


Mali

→ Persian: مالی (mâli)


Niger

Japanese: ニジェール (Nijēru)

Niger (a country in West Africa, situated to the north of Nigeria)


Zaïre

la République du Zaïre

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo

(historical) Zaire (A former country (1971–1997) in Central Africa; now the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Seychelles

Seychelles (an archipelago and country in East Africa, in the Indian Ocean)


Burkina Faso

→ Japanese: ブルキナファソ (Burukina Faso)

From Moore burkĩna (“honest”) + Dyula faso (“father's house”), coined by Thomas Sankara.

Burkina Faso (a country in West Africa, formerly Upper Volta)


Congo

→ Japanese: コンゴ (Kongo)

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo

Congo (a country in Central Africa, larger and to the east of the Republic of the Congo)

Congo (a country in Central Africa, smaller and to the west of the Democratic Republic of the Congo)


Lagos

Borrowed from Portuguese Lagos (literally “lakes”).


Maurice

→ English: Maurice

→ English: Morris

→ Persian: موریس (moris)

Mauritius (A country in the Indian Ocean, east of East Africa and Madagascar)

Mauritius (The main island of the country of Mauritius)


Sahara

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”).

Holonym: Afrique

Meronyms: désert de Libye, désert Libyque


Éthiopie

→ Khmer: អេត្យូពី (ʼeetyoupii)

desc

→ Lao: ເອທິໂອປີ (ʼē thi ʼō pī)

→ Lao: ເອທິໂອປີ (ʼē thi ʼō pī)

→ Persian: اتیوپی (etyupi)

Learned borrowing from Latin Aethiopia, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek Αἰθιοπία (Aithiopía).


Atlas

Learned borrowing from Latin Atlas, from Ancient Greek Ἄτλας (Átlas).

(Greek mythology) Atlas (son of Iapetus and Clymene, leader of the Titans ordered by Zeus to support the sky on his shoulders)

(astronomy) Atlas (star in the Pleiades)

(astronomy) Atlas (crater in the first quadrant of the moon)


Égypte

Antillean Creole: Ejip, Éjip

Haitian Creole: Ejip

Bourbonnais Creole:

Réunion Creole French: Ézip

→ Breton: Egipt

→ Jarai: čar Êjĭp

→ Khmer: អេហ្ស៊ីប (ʼeeziip)

→ Lao: ເອຢິບ (ʼē yip)

→ Lingala: Ejipte

→ Malagasy: Ejipta

→ Romanian: Egipt

Inherited from Middle French Egypte, from Old French Egypte, borrowed from Latin Aegyptus, from Ancient Greek Αἴγυπτος (Aíguptos).

Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Côte d'Ivoire

Japanese: コートジボワール (Kōto Jibowāru)

Ivory Coast, Côte d'Ivoire (a country in West Africa)


Libyen

fr-noun

Libyen m (plural Libyens, feminine Libyenne)


Maghreb

Borrowed from Arabic مَغْرِب (maḡrib, literally “where the sun sets, the West”).


somali

fr-adj

somali (feminine somalie, masculine plural somalis, feminine plural somalies)

somalie (feminine)
somalis (masculine plural)
somalies (feminine plural)


Egypte

Alternative form of Égypte: Egypt (a country in North Africa and Western Asia)


Soudan

Borrowed from Arabic سُودَان (sūdān, “black people”, plural of أَسْوَد (ʔaswad)).

bor+

plural of <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">أَسْوَد</i> (ʔaswad)

Sudan (a country in North Africa and East Africa)


Afrique

Inherited from Old French Affrique, borrowed from Latin Āfrica.


Maroc

→ Arabic: الْمَرُوك (al-marūk)


Bénin

→ Japanese: ベナン (Benan)

Benin (a country in West Africa, formerly Dahomey)


Érythrée

Haitian Creole: Eritre

→ Persian: اریتره (eritre)

→ Turkish: Eritre

From Latin erythraeus, as it was used in Erythraeum mare (“the Erythraean Sea”), from Ancient Greek ἐρυθρός (eruthrós, “red”). The second sense is a semantic loan from Italian l'Eritrea, first used in Italian as an ellipsis of la Colonia eritrea (“Italian Eritrea”, literally “the Erythraean colony”).

Eritrea (a country in East Africa, on the Red Sea)


Libye

→ Persian: لیبی (libi)


Cap Vert

Cape Verde (an archipelago and country in West Africa)


Somalie

→ Persian: سومالی (somâli)

Somalia (a country in East Africa, in the Horn of Africa)


Ouganda

From Swahili Uganda (“Buganda, subnational kingdom”), from Luganda Buganda (“land of the Ganda”).


Afrique du Sud

South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Guinée-Bissau

Guinea-Bissau (a country in West Africa)


Mauritanie

→ Persian: موریتانی (muritâni)


Comores

Union of the Comoros
Union of the Comoros

Comoros (A country and group of islands in the Indian Ocean off the coast of East Africa)

Comoros (an archipelago consisting of the Union of the Comoros and the French overseas department of Mayotte)


Guinée équatoriale

Equatorial Guinea
Equatorial Guinea#English:_Q983

Equatorial Guinea (a country in Central Africa)


Sao Tomé-et-Principe

São Tomé and Príncipe
São Tomé and Príncipe#English:_Q1039

São Tomé and Príncipe (a country and archipelago in Central Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean)


République centrafricaine

Central African Republic
Central African Republic#English:_Q929

Central African Republic (a country in Central Africa)


République Démocratique du Congo

République démocratique du Congo
République démocratique du Congo#French

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English:_Q974

Alternative letter-case form of République démocratique du Congo: Democratic Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Tunisien

fr-noun

Tunisien m (plural Tunisiens, feminine Tunisienne)

Tunisiens (plural)
Tunisienne (feminine)


Égyptien

Égyptien m (plural Égyptiens, feminine Égyptienne)

Égyptiens (plural)
Égyptienne (feminine)


Moyen-Orient

(geopolitics) Middle East (region comprising West Asia without the South Caucasus and additionally including all of Egypt (not just the Sinai) and all of Turkey (not just Asian Turkey)


marocain

fr-adj

marocain (feminine marocaine, masculine plural marocains, feminine plural marocaines)

marocaine (feminine)
marocains (masculine plural)
marocaines (feminine plural)


sénégalais

sénégalais (feminine sénégalaise, masculine plural sénégalais, feminine plural sénégalaises)

sénégalaise (feminine)
sénégalais (masculine plural)
sénégalaises (feminine plural)


algérien

algérien (feminine algérienne, masculine plural algériens, feminine plural algériennes)

algérienne (feminine)
algériens (masculine plural)
algériennes (feminine plural)


égyptien

égyptien (feminine égyptienne, masculine plural égyptiens, feminine plural égyptiennes)

égyptienne (feminine)
égyptiens (masculine plural)
égyptiennes (feminine plural)

→ Albanian: egjiptian

→ Romanian: egiptean

From Égypte + -ien. Compare Italian egiziano.


Sahara occidental

Western Sahara
Western Sahara#English:_Q6250

Western Sahara (A territory and former Spanish colony in North Africa, now mostly occupied by Morocco, which claims ownership over the territory)


ouagalais

ouagalais (feminine ouagalaise, masculine plural ouagalais, feminine plural ouagalaises)

ouagalaise (feminine)
ouagalais (masculine plural)
ouagalaises (feminine plural)


Sénégalais

fr-noun

Sénégalais m (plural Sénégalais, feminine Sénégalaise)

Sénégalais (plural)
Sénégalaise (feminine)

a Senegalese, member or descendant of the population of from Senegal


Abomey

(dated) Dahomey (former name of Benin, a country in West Africa)


Rwandais

Rwandais m (plural Rwandais, feminine Rwandaise)


rwandais

fr-adj

rwandais (feminine rwandaise, masculine plural rwandais, feminine plural rwandaises)

rwandaise (feminine)
rwandais (masculine plural)
rwandaises (feminine plural)


libyen

libyen (feminine libyenne, masculine plural libyens, feminine plural libyennes)

libyenne (feminine)
libyens (masculine plural)
libyennes (feminine plural)


Algérien

fr-noun

Algérien m (plural Algériens, feminine Algérienne)

Algériens (plural)
Algérienne (feminine)


République du Congo

From république (“republic”) (ultimately from Latin res publica (“public affairs, commonwealth”)) + du (“of the”) + Congo (from a native Congolese language).

uder

Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo#English:_Q971

Republic of the Congo (a country in Central Africa)


Africain

fr-noun

Africain m (plural Africains, feminine Africaine)


Dakarois

Dakarois m (plural Dakarois, feminine Dakaroise)


Bouroundi

Rare spelling of Burundi (“Burundi (a country in East Africa)”).


Ethiopie

Alternative form of Éthiopie: Ethiopia (a country in East Africa)


Marocain

Marocain m (plural Marocains, feminine Marocaine)


Abyssinie

Abyssinia (former name of Ethiopia, a country in East Africa)


tunisien

fr-adj

tunisien (feminine tunisienne, masculine plural tunisiens, feminine plural tunisiennes)

tunisienne (feminine)
tunisiens (masculine plural)
tunisiennes (feminine plural)


Corne de l'Afrique

Corne de l’ Afrique (canonical feminine)


Ægypte

Iſis craignant le rauiſſement de Iupiter, ſ’enfuit en Ægypte :[…]

1628, Sébastien Roulliard, Melun ou l'Histoire de la Ville de Melun, page 32:

Isis, fearing the ravishment of Jupiter, fled to Egypt: […]


Cyrène

Holonym: Cyrénaïque


Vallée des rois

Valley of the Kings (Egyptian valley known for its tombs)


Alexandrin

fr-noun

Alexandrin m (plural Alexandrins, feminine Alexandrine)

Alexandrins (plural)
Alexandrine (feminine)


algérois

fr-adj

algérois (feminine algéroise, masculine plural algérois, feminine plural algéroises)

algéroise (feminine)
algérois (masculine plural)
algéroises (feminine plural)


Ghiolof

Arrivés sur les frontières du Cayor, nous trouvâmes un désert qui le sépare du Ghiolof. On sait qu’autrefois ces deux pays appartenaient au même souverain, qui les gouvernait sous le titre de bour (ou empereur), [...]

1830, René Caillié, Voyage à Tombouctou, Paris: La Découverte, published 1996, →ISBN, page 46:

(obsolete) A former country in West Africa


Haute-Volta

Upper Volta (the former name of Burkina Faso, a country in West Africa)


République démocratique du Congo

LL-Q150 (fra)-GrandCelinien-République Démocratique du Congo.wav

Democratic Republic of the Congo#English

Democratic Republic of the Congo, Congo (a country in Central Africa)


République d'Afrique du Sud

République d’ Afrique du Sud (canonical feminine)

Republic of South Africa
Republic of South Africa#English

Republic of South Africa, South Africa (a country in Southern Africa)


Sahraoui

fr-noun

Sahraoui m (plural Sahraouis, feminine Sahraouie)

Borrowed from Arabic صَحْرَاوِيّ (ṣaḥrāwiyy, “of the desert”, from صَحْرَاء (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”)).

bor+

from <i class="Arab mention" lang="ar">صَحْرَاء</i> (ṣaḥrāʔ, “desert”)


casablancais

fr-adj

casablancais (feminine casablancaise, masculine plural casablancais, feminine plural casablancaises)

casablancaise (feminine)
casablancais (masculine plural)
casablancaises (feminine plural)


tangérois

tangérois (feminine tangéroise, masculine plural tangérois, feminine plural tangéroises)

tangéroise (feminine)
tangérois (masculine plural)
tangéroises (feminine plural)


Cairote

fr-noun

Cairote m or f by sense (plural Cairotes)


mer Méditerranée

la mer Méditerranée (canonical feminine)


Soninké

Soninké m or f by sense (plural Soninkés)


Grande Ile

(journalism) Alternative form of Grande Île


golfe de Gabès

Holonym: mer Méditerranée


désert Libyque

Holonym: Sahara


Nord-Africain

Nord-Africain m or f by sense (plural Nord-Africains)

North African (resident or native of North Africa)


nord-africain

fr-adj

nord-africain (feminine nord-africaine, masculine plural nord-africains, feminine plural nord-africaines)

nord-africaine (feminine)
nord-africains (masculine plural)
nord-africaines (feminine plural)


crevette Bigeard

fr-noun

crevette Bigeard f (plural crevettes Bigeard)

Compound of crevette (“shrimp”) + Bigeard. Named after French general and politician Marcel Bigeard, who was accused of overseeing the torture operations.

named-after

a death flight victim during the Algerian War who had their feet affixed in concrete before being thrown off from helicopters into the ocean.


Afrique de l'Ouest

Afrique de l’ Ouest (canonical feminine)


Rimkieta

A district of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.


fr-proper noun

République algérienne démocratique et populaire f

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria#English

People's Democratic Republic of Algeria (the official name of Algeria, a country in North Africa)


filanzane

(chiefly historical) A kind of Malagasy sedan chair.