Noord-Afrika
Afrikaans
Proper noun
Noord-Afrika
- North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
Dutch
Etymology
Compound of noord (“north”) + Afrika (“Africa”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌnoːrtˈaː.fri.kaː/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Noord‧Afri‧ka
Proper noun
Noord-Afrika n
- North Africa (a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue)
Coordinate terms
- Zuidelijk Afrika
- Oost-Afrika
- West-Afrika
- Centraal-Afrika
Derived terms
- Noord-Afrikaan
- Noord-Afrikaans