"北アフリカ" meaning in Japanese

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    {
      "form": "北アフリカ",
      "ruby": [
        [
          "北",
          "きた"
        ]
      ],
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    },
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      "form": "Kita Afurika",
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      "name": "ja-pos"
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        {
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          "name": "Geographic and cultural areas of Africa",
          "orig": "ja:Geographic and cultural areas of Africa",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)"
      ],
      "id": "en-北アフリカ-ja-name-S~iFCB3l",
      "links": [
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          "North Africa",
          "North Africa#English:_Q27381"
        ],
        [
          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
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          "Africa",
          "Africa#English"
        ],
        [
          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
        [
          "region",
          "region"
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        [
          "Sahara Desert",
          "Sahara Desert"
        ],
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          "Arabic"
        ],
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          "widely",
          "widely"
        ],
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          "spoken"
        ],
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          "mother tongue"
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      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "other": "きたアフリカ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥ta̠ a̠ɸɯ̟ɾʲika̠]"
    }
  ],
  "word": "北アフリカ"
}

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          "きた"
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part 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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        [
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          "North Africa#English:_Q27381"
        ],
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          "northern",
          "northern"
        ],
        [
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          "Africa#English"
        ],
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          "refer",
          "refer"
        ],
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          "Sahara Desert",
          "Sahara Desert"
        ],
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          "widely",
          "widely"
        ],
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          "spoken"
        ],
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  ],
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      "other": "きたアフリカ"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[kʲi̥ta̠ a̠ɸɯ̟ɾʲika̠]"
    }
  ],
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