africa
English Thesaurus
1. 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)
| instance hypernym | : | continent, |
| definition | : | one of the large landmasses of the earth (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | barbary, |
| definition | : | a region of northern Africa on the Mediterranean coast between Egypt and Gibraltar; was used as a base for pirates from the 16th to 19th centuries (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | nubia, |
| definition | : | an ancient region of northeastern Africa (southern Egypt and northern Sudan) on the Nile; much of Nubia is now under Lake Nasser (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | maghreb, mahgrib, |
| definition | : | the region of northwest Africa comprising the Atlas Mountains and the coastlands of Morocco and Algeria and Tunisia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | east africa, |
| definition | : | a geographical area in eastern Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | namibia, republic of namibia, south west africa, |
| definition | : | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | angola, republic of angola, |
| definition | : | a republic in southwestern Africa on the Atlantic Ocean; achieved independence from Portugal in 1975 and was the scene of civil war until 1990 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | burundi, republic of burundi, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in east central Africa on the northeastern shore of Lake Tanganyika (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | cameroon, cameroun, republic of cameroon, |
| definition | : | a republic on the western coast of central Africa; was under French and British control until 1960 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | chad, republic of chad, tchad, |
| definition | : | a landlocked desert republic in north-central Africa; was under French control until 1960 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | togo, togolese republic, |
| definition | : | a republic on the western coast of Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; formerly under French control (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | roman empire, |
| definition | : | an empire established by Augustus in 27 BC and divided in AD 395 into the Western Roman Empire and the eastern or Byzantine Empire; at its peak lands in Europe and Africa and Asia were ruled by ancient Rome (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | botswana, republic of botswana, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in south-central Africa that became independent from British control in the 1960s (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | arab republic of egypt, egypt, united arab republic, |
| definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa known as the United Arab Republic until 1971; site of an ancient civilization that flourished from 2600 to 30 BC (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kenya, republic of kenya, |
| definition | : | a republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1963; major archeological discoveries have been made in the Great Rift Valley in Kenya (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | french guinea, guinea, republic of guinea, |
| definition | : | a republic in western Africa on the Atlantic; formerly a French colony; achieved independence from France in 1958 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | basutoland, kingdom of lesotho, lesotho, |
| definition | : | a landlocked constitutional monarchy in southern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1966 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | liberia, republic of liberia, |
| definition | : | a republic in West Africa; established in 1822 by Americans as a way to free negro slaves (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | malawi, nyasaland, republic of malawi, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in southern central Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1964 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | french sudan, mali, republic of mali, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in northwestern Africa; achieved independence from France in 1960; Mali was a center of West African civilization for more than 4,000 years (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | niger, republic of niger, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in West Africa; gained independence from France in 1960; most of the country is dominated by the Sahara Desert (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | federal republic of nigeria, nigeria, |
| definition | : | a republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of senegal, senegal, |
| definition | : | a republic in northwestern Africa on the coast of the Atlantic; formerly a French colony but achieved independence in 1960 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | somalia, |
| definition | : | a republic in extreme eastern Africa on the Somali peninsula; subject to tribal warfare (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | horn of africa, somali peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of south africa, south africa, |
| definition | : | a republic at the southernmost part of Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1910; first European settlers were Dutch (known as Boers) (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | soudan, sudan, |
| definition | : | a region of northern Africa to the south of the Sahara and Libyan deserts; extends from the Atlantic to the Red Sea (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of the sudan, soudan, sudan, |
| definition | : | a republic in northeastern Africa on the Red Sea; achieved independence from Egypt and the United Kingdom in 1956 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | kingdom of swaziland, swaziland, |
| definition | : | a landlocked monarchy in southeastern Africa; member of the commonwealth that achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1968 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | ottoman empire, turkish empire, |
| definition | : | a Turkish sultanate of southwestern Asia and northeastern Africa and southeastern Europe; created by the Ottoman Turks in the 13th century and lasted until the end of World War I; although initially small it expanded until it superseded the Byzantine Empire (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | republic of uganda, uganda, |
| definition | : | a landlocked republic in eastern Africa; achieved independence from the United Kingdom in 1962 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | northern rhodesia, republic of zambia, zambia, |
| definition | : | a republic in central Africa; formerly controlled by Great Britain and called Northern Rhodesia until it gained independence within the commonwealth in 1964 (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | sahara, sahara desert, |
| definition | : | the world's largest desert (3,500,000 square miles) in northern Africa (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | north africa, |
| definition | : | an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | west africa, |
| definition | : | an area of western Africa between the Sahara Desert and the Gulf of Guinea (noun.location) |
| part holonym | : | great rift valley, |
| definition | : | ( geology) a depression in southwestern Asia and eastern Africa; extends from the valley of the Jordan River to Mozambique; marked by geological faults (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | chad, lake chad, |
| definition | : | a lake in north central Africa; fed by the Shari river (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | lake tanganyika, tanganyika, |
| definition | : | the longest lake in the world in central Africa between Tanzania and Congo in the Great Rift Valley (noun.object) |
| part holonym | : | lake victoria, victoria nyanza, |
| definition | : | the largest lake in Africa and the 2nd largest fresh water lake in the world; a headwaters reservoir for the Nile River (noun.object) |
| part meronym | : | eastern hemisphere, orient, |
| definition | : | the hemisphere that includes Eurasia and Africa and Australia (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | boer war, |
| definition | : | either of two wars: the first when the Boers fought England in order to regain the independence they had given up to obtain British help against the Zulus (1880-1881); the second when the Orange Free State and Transvaal declared war on Britain (1899-1902) (noun.act) |
| domain member region | : | namibia, republic of namibia, south west africa, |
| definition | : | a republic in southwestern Africa on the south Atlantic coast (formerly called South West Africa); achieved independence from South Africa in 1990; the greater part of Namibia forms part of the high Namibian plateau of South Africa (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | horn of africa, somali peninsula, |
| definition | : | a peninsula of northeastern Africa (the easternmost part of Africa) comprising Somalia and Djibouti and Eritrea and parts of Ethiopia (noun.location) |
| domain member region | : | ameer, amir, emeer, emir, |
| definition | : | an independent ruler or chieftain (especially in Africa or Arabia) (noun.person) |
| derivation | : | african, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples (adj.pert) |
| derivation | : | african, |
| definition | : | of or relating to the nations of Africa or their peoples (adj.pert) |
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