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countable and uncountable, plural Africas
The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. examples
(nonstandard, proscribed) Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb. quotations
The Sahara stood as an important marker between the Maghreb and Africa, not only in modern times but in times immemorial.
2021 June 10, Abdelmajid Hannoum, The Invention of the Maghreb: Between Africa and the Middle East, Cambridge University Press, page 205
(historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.
A surname. examples