Afrika

See also: Afríka, Āfrika, Āfrikā, and afrika

English

Proper noun

Afrika

1. (African-American Vernacular, uncommon) Alternative spelling of Africa

Related terms

• Afrikan

Anagrams

• kaafir

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

See also

• (continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktika, Asië, Australië, Europa, Oseanië ^{(Category: af:Continents)}

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Czech

Etymology

From Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈafrɪka]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singulare tantum
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afriky
dative	Africe
accusative	Afriku
vocative	Afriko
locative	Africe
instrumental	Afrikou

See also

• (continents) světadíl; Afrika, Amerika (Jižní Amerika, Severní Amerika), Antarktida, Asie, Austrálie, Evropa, Oceánie ^{(Category: cs:Continents)}

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Danish

Proper noun

Afrika c

1. Africa

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Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.fri.kaː/

• audio

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• Hyphenation: Afri‧ka

Proper noun

Afrika n

1. The continent Africa.

Derived terms

• Afrikaan
• Afrikaans
• afrikaniseren
• Centraal-Afrika
• Equatoriaal-Afrika
• Midden-Afrika
• Noord-Afrika
• Oost-Afrika
• West-Afrika
• Zuid-Afrika
• Zuidwest-Afrika
• Zwart Afrika

Descendants

• Petjo: aprik

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German

Alternative forms

• Africa (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa(ː)fʁika/

• Audio (Austria)

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• Audio

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Proper noun

Afrika n (genitive Afrika or Afrikas)

1. Africa (a continent)

Coordinate terms

(continents) Erdteil, Kontinent; Afrika, Amerika (Nordamerika, Südamerika), Antarktika, Asien, Europa, Ozeanien ^{(Category: de:Continents)}

Derived terms

• Afrikaner
• afrikanisch
• afrikanisieren
• Afrikanisierung
• Nordafrika
• Ostafrika
• Schwarzafrika
• Südafrika
• Westafrika
• Zentralafrika

 

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɒfrikɒ]

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
• Rhymes: -kɒ

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	Afrika	—
accusative	Afrikát	—
dative	Afrikának	—
instrumental	Afrikával	—
causal-final	Afrikáért	—
translative	Afrikává	—
terminative	Afrikáig	—
essive-formal	Afrikaként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	Afrikában	—
superessive	Afrikán	—
adessive	Afrikánál	—
illative	Afrikába	—
sublative	Afrikára	—
allative	Afrikához	—
elative	Afrikából	—
delative	Afrikáról	—
ablative	Afrikától	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	Afrikáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	Afrikáéi	—

Possessive forms of Afrika
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	Afrikám	—
2nd person sing.	Afrikád	—
3rd person sing.	Afrikája	—
1st person plural	Afrikánk	—
2nd person plural	Afrikátok	—
3rd person plural	Afrikájuk	—

Derived terms

• afrikai

(Compound words):

• Afrika-kutató
• Észak-Afrika
• Közép-Afrika

See also

• (continents) kontinens/földrész; Afrika, Amerika (Dél-Amerika, Észak-Amerika), Antarktisz/Antarktika (the former: the common, though loose name; the latter: technical term), Ázsia, Európa, Óceánia ^{(Category: hu:Continents)}

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Ido

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

See also

• (continents) kontinento; Afrika, Amerika (Nord-Amerika, Sud-Amerika), Antarktika, Azia, Australia, Europa ^{(Category: io:Continents)}

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Kashubian

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa

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Lithuanian

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa

Declension

    declension of Afrika

nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afrikos
dative	Afrikai
accusative	Afriką
instrumental	Afrika
locative	Afrikoje
vocative	Afrika

Related terms

• afrikietis m, afrikietė f

See also

• Template:list:continents/lt

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Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrʲika/

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (a continent)

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	Afrika
Genitive	Afriki
Dative	Africe
Accusative	Afriku
Instrumental	Afriku
Locative	Africe

Further reading

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

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Malay

Afrika

Etymology

From English Africa, from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• (Johor-Selangor) IPA^(key): /afrikə/
• (Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /afrika/
• Rhymes: -ikə, -kə, -ə

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (continent south of Europe)

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Maltese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

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Norwegian Bokmål

Afrika

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (continent south of Europe and the Middle East)

Derived terms

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

See also

(continents) kontinent; Afrika, Amerika, Antarktis, Asia, Europa, Nord-Amerika, Oseania, Sør-Amerika ^{(Category: no:Continents)}

• Category:nb:Continents

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa (continent)

Derived terms

• afrikansk
• Sør-Afrika
• Vest-Afrika

See also

• Category:nn:Continents

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Plautdietsch

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa (a continent)

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

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

Proper noun

Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)

1. (uncountable) Africa

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afrike
dative	Africi
accusative	Afriku
vocative	Afriko
locative	Africi
instrumental	Afrikom

References

• “Afrika” in Hrvatski jezični portal

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Slovak

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈafrika/

Proper noun

Afrika f (genitive Afriky, declension pattern of žena)

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singulare tantum
nominative	Afrika
genitive	Afriky
dative	Afrike
accusative	Afriku
locative	Afrike
instrumental	Afrikou

Derived terms

• africký
• Afričan m
• Afričanka f

References

• Afrika in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /áːfrika/

Proper noun

Ȃfrika f

1. Africa

Inflection

Feminine, a-stem
nominative	Áfrika
genitive	Áfrike
	singular
nominative	Áfrika
accusative	Áfriko
genitive	Áfrike
dative	Áfriki
locative	Áfriki
instrumental	Áfriko

Related terms

• Afričàn / Afričánka
• áfriški

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Swahili

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

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Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

Derived terms

• Mwafrika

See also

(continents) mabara; Afrika (“Africa”), Amerika (“America”), Antaktika (“Antarctica”) or Antaktiki, Asia (“Asia”), Ulaya (“Europe”) or Uropa, Amerika ya Kaskazini (“North America”), Australia (“Oceania”), Amerika ya Kusini (“South America”) ^{(Category: sw:Continents) [edit]}

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Swedish

Proper noun

Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)

1. Africa

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Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• Aprika

Etymology

From English Africa.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

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Turkish

Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه‎.

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

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Turkmen

Etymology

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

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

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Upper Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

Proper noun

Afrika f

1. Africa

Declension

declension of Afrika

	singular (uncountable)
Nominative	Afrika
Genitive	Afriki
Dative	Africe
Accusative	Afriku
Instrumental	Afriku
Locative	Africe

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Uzbek

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /afrika/

Proper noun

Afrika

1. Africa

Declension

Declension of Afrika

	singular	plural
nominative	Afrika	Afrikalar
genitive	Afrikaning	Afrikalarning
dative	Afrikaga	Afrikalarga
definite accusative	Afrikani	Afrikalarni
locative	Afrikada	Afrikalarda
ablative	Afrikadan	Afrikalardan

Possessive forms of Afrika

my	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikam	Afrikalarim
genitive	Afrikamning	Afrikalarimning
dative	Afrikamga	Afrikalarimga
definite accusative	Afrikamni	Afrikalarimni
locative	Afrikamda	Afrikalarimda
ablative	Afrikamdan	Afrikalarimdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikang	Afrikalaring
genitive	Afrikangning	Afrikalaringning
dative	Afrikangga	Afrikalaringga
definite accusative	Afrikangni	Afrikalaringni
locative	Afrikangda	Afrikalaringda
ablative	Afrikangdan	Afrikalaringdan
her/his/its	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikasi	Afrikalari
genitive	Afrikasining	Afrikalarining
dative	Afrikasiga	Afrikalariga
definite accusative	Afrikasini	Afrikalarini
locative	Afrikasida	Afrikalarida
ablative	Afrikasidan	Afrikalaridan
our	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikamiz	Afrikalarimiz
genitive	Afrikamizning	Afrikalarimizning
dative	Afrikamizga	Afrikalarimizga
definite accusative	Afrikamizni	Afrikalarimizni
locative	Afrikamizda	Afrikalarimizda
ablative	Afrikamizdan	Afrikalarimizdan
your	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikangiz	Afrikalaringiz
genitive	Afrikangizning	Afrikalaringizning
dative	Afrikangizga	Afrikalaringizga
definite accusative	Afrikangizni	Afrikalaringizni
locative	Afrikangizda	Afrikalaringizda
ablative	Afrikangizdan	Afrikalaringizdan
their	singular	plural
nominative	Afrikasi	Afrikalari
genitive	Afrikasining	Afrikalarining
dative	Afrikasiga	Afrikalariga
definite accusative	Afrikasini	Afrikalarini
locative	Afrikasida	Afrikalarida
ablative	Afrikasidan	Afrikalaridan

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Yoruba

Proper noun

Áfríkà

1. Alternative form of Afíríkà