Afrika

Afrika

1. (African-American Vernacular, uncommon) Alternative spelling of Africa: the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans

• Afrikan

• kaafir

From Dutch Afrika.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑfɾikä/

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Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Afrika

1. definite nominative singular of Afrikë

Borrowed from Latin Africa.

• IPA^(key): [ˈafrɪka]

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Afrika f (relational adjective africký, demonym Afričan, female demonym Afričanka)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   Severní Afrika ― North Africa

2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

• “Afrika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “Afrika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “Afrika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Afrika c

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.fri.kaː/

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• Hyphenation: Afri‧ka

Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans, demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

   Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika, Equatoriaal-Afrika, Midden-Afrika, Noord-Afrika, Oost-Afrika, West-Afrika, Zuid-Afrika, Zuidwest-Afrika

• → Indonesian: Afrika
• Petjo: aprik

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• Africa (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)fʁika/

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Afrika n (proper noun, genitive Afrikas or (optionally with an article) Afrika)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• “Afrika” in Duden online
• “Afrika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒfrikɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Borrowed from Dutch Afrika.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /afˈrika/ [afˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

• “Afrika” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Polish Afryka.

• IPA^(key): /aˈfri.ka/
• Rhymes: -ika
• Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• Sychta, Bernard (1967) “Afrika”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 2
• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Afryka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Afryka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “Afrika”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

• afrikietis m, afrikietė f

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrʲika/

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “Afrika”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “Afrika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Afrika n

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Borrowed from English Africa or Dutch Afrika, from Latin Āfrica.

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /afˈrika/ [afˈri.ka]
• Rhymes: -ika
• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Afrika (Jawi spelling افريکا)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• “Afrika” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Borrowed from Italian Africa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːf.rɪ.ka/

• Audio (Gozo):

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L-Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• afrikansk
• Sør-Afrika
• Vest-Afrika
• Øst-Afrika

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• afrikansk
• Sør-Afrika
• Vest-Afrika

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

• IPA^(key): /ǎfrika/
• Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

• “Afrika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrika/

Afrika f (genitive singular Afriky, declension pattern of žena)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• africký
• Afričan m
• Afričanka f

• “Afrika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /áːfrika/

Ȃfrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

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Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Áfrika
genitive	Áfrike
	singular
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	Áfrika
genitive (rodȋlnik)	Áfrike
dative (dajȃlnik)	Áfriki
accusative (tožȋlnik)	Áfriko
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	Áfriki
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	Áfriko

• Afričàn / Afričánka
• áfriški

Ultimately from Latin Africa, either by way of German Afrika or English Africa.

• (Tanzania) IPA^(key): /ɑ.fri.kɑ/

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Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

• Mwafrika

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːfrɪka/

Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• afrikansk
• afrikanska

• Afrika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• Svensk MeSH

• Aprika

From English Africa.

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه.

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Other scripts
Latin	Afrika‍
Cyrillic	Африка‍
Arabic	آفریقا

Borrowed from Russian А́фрика (Áfrika), from Latin Āfrica.

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.fʀʲi.ka/
• Rhymes: -afʀʲika
• Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka

Afrika f

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

• “Afrika” in Soblex

• IPA^(key): /afrika/

Afrika

1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)

English Africa

Áfríkà

1. archaic spelling of Afíríkà (“Africa”)