north africa

English Thesaurus

1. an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location)

instance hypernym	:	geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region,
definition	:	a demarcated area of the Earth (noun.location)

part holonym	:	numidia,
definition	:	an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria (noun.location)

part meronym	:	africa,
definition	:	the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean (noun.object)