West Africa

English

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Proper noun

West Africa

2. A geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning 16 countries.

Synonyms

• Western Africa

Coordinate terms

• Southern Africa
• East Africa
• Central Africa
• North Africa
• Sub-Saharan Africa
• Saharan Africa, Sahara
• Sahel

Derived terms

• French West Africa
• West Africa Time

Related terms

• East Africa
• South Africa
• North Africa
• Central Africa

Translations

region of Africa

• Afrikaans: Wes-Afrika
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 西非 (sai¹ fei¹)

  Mandarin: 西非 (zh) (Xīfēi)

• Danish: Vestafrika (da) n
• Dutch: West-Afrika (nl) n
• Finnish: Länsi-Afrikka (fi)
• French: ouest d’Afrique, Afrique de l’Ouest (fr)
• Georgian: დასავლეთი აფრიკა (dasavleti apriḳa)
• German: Westafrika (de) n
• Hungarian: Nyugat-Afrika (hu)
• Indonesian: Afrika Barat
• Irish: an Afraic Thiar f
• Japanese: 西アフリカ (ja) (にしアフリカ, Nishi-Afurika)
• Korean: 서아프리카 (seoapeurika)
• Malay: Afrika Barat
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: Vest-Afrika

  Nynorsk: Vest-Afrika

• Portuguese: África Ocidental f
• Romanian: Africa de Vest f, vestul Africii n
• Russian: За́падная А́фрика (ru) f (Západnaja Áfrika)
• Spanish: África Occidental f
• Swahili: Afrika ya Magharibi
• Swedish: Västafrika (sv) n
• Vietnamese: Tây Phi (vi)