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English
North Africa (sense 1 )
Proper noun
North Africa
The northern part of the continent of Africa , usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue .
Synonym of Maghreb .
Coordinate terms
Translations
the northern part of Africa
Afrikaans: Noord-Afrika
Albanian: Afrikë Veriore f
Arabic: شَمَال إِفْرِيقِيَا m ( šamāl ʔifrīqiyā ) , شَمَال أَفْرِيقِيَا m ( šamāl ʔafrīqiyā ) , إِفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f ( ʔifrīqiyā š-šamāliyya ) , أَفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة f ( ʔafrīqiyā š-šamāliyya )
Armenian: Հյուսիսային Աֆրիկա ( Hyusisayin Afrika )
Azerbaijani: Şimali Afrika
Belarusian: Паўно́чная А́фрыка f ( Paŭnóčnaja Áfryka )
Bengali: উত্তর আফ্রিকা ( uttor aphrika )
Bulgarian: Се́верна А́фрика f ( Séverna Áfrika )
Catalan: Àfrica del Nord f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 北非 (zh) ( Běifēi ) , 北部非洲 (zh) ( Běibù Fēizhōu )
Corsican: Nordafrica m Africa di u Nordu f
Czech: Severní Afrika f
Danish: Nordafrika n
Dutch: Noord-Afrika (nl) n
Estonian: Põhja-Aafrika (et)
Faroese: Norðurafrika f or n
Finnish: Pohjois-Afrikka (fi)
French: Afrique du Nord (fr) f
Galician: norte de África
Georgian: ჩრდილოეთი აფრიკა ( črdiloeti apriḳa )
German: Nordafrika (de) n
Greek: Βόρεια Αφρική f ( Vóreia Afrikí )
Hindi: उत्तर अफ़्रीका m ( uttar afrīkā )
Hungarian: Észak-Afrika (hu)
Icelandic: Norður-Afríka (is) f
Indonesian: Afrika Utara
Italian: Nordafrica f Africa del Nord f
Japanese: 北アフリカ (ja) ( きたアフリカ, Kita Afurika )
Kazakh: Солтүстік Африка (kk) ( Soltüstık Afrika )
Korean: 북아프리카 ( Bugapeurika )
Kyrgyz: Түндүк Африка ( Tündük Afrika )
Lao: ອາຟຣິກກາເໜືອ ( ʼāp rik kā nư̄a )
Latvian: Ziemeļāfrika f
Lithuanian: Šiaurės Afrika f
Macedonian: Се́верна А́фрика f ( Séverna Áfrika )
Malay: Afrika Utara
Maltese: Afrika ta’ Fuq f
Manx: Affrick Hwoaie
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Умард Африк (mn) ( Umard Afrik ) , Хойд Африк (mn) ( Xojd Afrik )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Nord-Afrika n
Persian: آفریقای شمالی ( âfriqâ-ye šomâli )
Polish: Północna Afryka f
Portuguese: norte da África m
Romanian: Africa de Nord f
Russian: Се́верная А́фрика (ru) f ( Sévernaja Áfrika )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Северна Африка f Сјеверна Африка f
Roman: Severna Afrika f Sjeverna Afrika f
Slovak: Severná Afrika f
Slovene: Severna Afrika f
Spanish: África del Norte f
Swahili: Afrika ya Kaskazini
Swedish: Nordafrika (sv) n
Tajik: Африқои Шимолӣ (tg) ( Afriqoyi Šimolī )
Tatar: Төньяк Африка ( Tön’yak Afrika )
Telugu: ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా ( uttara āphrikā )
Thai: แอฟริกาเหนือ (th) ( ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa )
Turkish: Kuzey Afrika (tr)
Turkmen: Demirgazyk Afrika
Ukrainian: Півні́чна А́фрика f ( Pivníčna Áfryka )
Urdu: شمالی افریقا m ( śumālī afrīqâ )
Uzbek: Shimoliy Afrika
Vietnamese: Bắc Phi (vi)
