"Africa" meaning in Latin

See Africa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈaː.fri.ka/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈäːfrɪkä] [Classical-Latin], /ˈa.fri.ka/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈäːfrikä] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Feminine of āfricus/Āfricus, as a noun elliptic of terra āfrica/Āfrica (literally “the land of the Afri”). The adjective Āfricus comes from the name of the Āfrī (singular Āfer), a tribal people of the area near Carthage, by addition of the suffix -icus. The Latin term formed alongside Greek ἡ Ἀφρική (hē Aphrikḗ), both terms being attested since the first century. Head templates: {{la-proper noun|Āfrica<1.loc>}} Āfrica f sg (genitive Āfricae); first declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|Āfrica<1>}} Forms: Āfrica [canonical, feminine, singular], Āfricae [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], Āfrica [nominative, singular], Āfricae [genitive, singular], Āfricae [dative, singular], Āfricam [accusative, singular], Āfricā [ablative, singular], Āfrica [singular, vocative]
  1. Northwestern Africa, the territory of Carthage, the African coast west of the Nile Tags: declension-1 Categories (place): Africa Related terms: āfricānus, āfricus
    Sense id: en-Africa-la-name-zkCnQz6G Disambiguation of Africa: 40 47 14
  2. Africa (a province of the Roman Empire) (later split into Africa Zeugitana and Africa Byzacena under Diocletian) Tags: declension-1 Categories (place): Places in the Roman Empire, Provinces of the Roman Empire, Africa
    Sense id: en-Africa-la-name-4qARI6n1 Disambiguation of Africa: 40 47 14 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the first declension Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the first declension: 12 62 26
  3. Africa as a continent, understood as the quarter of the globe south of the Mediterranean Tags: declension-1 Categories (place): Africa, Continents
    Sense id: en-Africa-la-name-Jx76Cm4n Disambiguation of Africa: 40 47 14 Disambiguation of Continents: 9 27 63 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 6 34 60 Disambiguation of Latin entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 33 62
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Malay: Afrika",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Malay: Afrika"
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            "bor": "1"
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          "expansion": "→ Italian: Africa",
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        }
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      "text": "→ Italian: Africa"
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          "text": "Nilus Africam ab Aethiopiā dispescens (Pliny 5, 9, 10, § 53)"
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          "Roman Empire#English"
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            "Nature",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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            "Fundamental",
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          "english": "If we could prove that Ligarius was not at all in Africa.",
          "text": "Si probare possemus Ligarium in Āfricā omnino non fuisse.",
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      "ipa": "[ˈäːfrɪkä]",
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      "ipa": "/ˈa.fri.ka/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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      "ipa": "[ˈäːfrikä]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
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  ],
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  "word": "Africa"
}
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            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Romanian: Africa",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Romanian: Africa"
    }
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