África

See also: africa, Africa, áfrica, africà, and Àfrica

Asturian

Proper noun

África f

1. Africa (a continent)

Related terms

• africanu

Galician

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

África f

1. Africa (a continent)

Coordinate terms

(continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América do Norte, Suramérica/América do Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: gl:Continents)}

Related terms

• africano
• africana

Mirandese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafɾikɐ]

Proper noun

África f

1. Africa (a continent)

Homophone

áfrica

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fɾi.kɐ/

• Hyphenation: Á‧fri‧ca

Proper noun

África f

1. Africa (a continent)
2. (historical, Ancient Rome) Africa (a province of the Roman Empire; modern Tunisia and western Libya)

Coordinate terms

(continents) continente; África, América (América do Norte, América Central, América do Sul), Antártica/Antártida, Ásia, Europa, Oceânia/Oceania ^{(Category: pt:Continents) [edit]}

Related terms

• africano
• africâner

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafɾika/ [ˈa.fɾi.ka]
• Rhymes: -afɾika
• Syllabification: Á‧fri‧ca

Proper noun

África f

1. Africa (a continent)
2. a female given name from Latin shortened from María (de) África, an epithet of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Africa

Usage notes

• Feminine nouns beginning with stressed /ˈa/ like África take the singular definite article el (otherwise reserved for masculine nouns) instead of the usual la: el África. This includes the contracted forms al and del (instead of a la and de la, respectively): al África, del África.

These nouns also usually take the indefinite article un that is otherwise used with masculine nouns (although the standard feminine form una is also permitted): un África or una África. The same is true with determiners algún/alguna and ningún/ninguna, as well as for numerals ending with 1 (e.g., veintiún/veintiuna).

However, if another word intervenes between the article and the noun, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (la, una etc.) must be used: la mejor África, una buena África.

• If an adjective follows the noun, it must agree with the noun's gender regardless of the article used: el África única, un(a) África buena.
• In the plural, the usual feminine singular articles and determiners (las, unas etc.) are always used.

Derived terms

• África del Sudoeste, África del Suroeste
• Cuerno de África
• Sudáfrica

Related terms

• africano

 

See also

• (continents) continente; África, América (Norteamérica/América del Norte, Sudamérica/Suramérica/América del Sur), Antártida, Asia, Europa, Oceanía ^{(Category: es:Continents)}
• África on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es