Africa

The Seven Continents:
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Seven Continents

Etymology

Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from a Phoenician cognate of Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting. The Middle English word was Affrike.

Countries

As defined by the United Nations Statistic Division, the countries in the different regions of Africa are as follows:

Eastern Africa

Middle Africa

Northern Africa

Southern Africa

Western Africa

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