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Africa vs Antarctic - What's the difference?

africa | antarctic |

As proper nouns the difference between africa and antarctic

is that africa is a province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya while Antarctic is one of the major ecozones of the world, covering the south polar regions.

As an adjective antarctic is

an alternative spelling of Antarctic|lang=en.

africa

English

(wikipedia Africa)

Alternative forms

* Afric

Proper noun

(en proper noun)
  • (historical) A province of the Roman Empire containing what is now modern Tunisia and portions of Libya.
  • The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica. It holds the following countries:
  • The Maghreb and the Subsahara are regions of Africa with different geographies .

    Hyponyms

    (Countries of Africa) Central Africa * Central African Republic * Chad * Democratic Republic of the Congo * Republic of the Congo Eastern Africa * Burundi * Comoros * Djibouti * Eritrea * Ethiopia * Kenya * Seychelles * Rwanda * Somalia – Somaliland – Puntland * Tanzania * Uganda Northern Africa * Algeria * Ceuta * Egypt * Libya * Mauritania * Melilla * Morocco * South Sudan * Sudan * Tunisia * Western Sahara Southern Africa * Angola * Botswana * Lesotho * Madagascar * Malawi * Mauritius * Mozambique * Namibia * Reunion * Swaziland * South Africa * Zambia * Zimbabwe Western Africa * Benin * Burkina Faso * Cameroon * Cape Verde * * Equatorial Guinea * Gabon * The Gambia * Ghana * Guinea-Bissau * Liberia * Mali * Niger * Nigeria * Sao Tome and Principe * Senegal * Sierra Leone * Togo *Subsahara

    Derived terms

    * African * Afrikaans * Horn of Africa * North Africa * South Africa

    See also

    * *

    Anagrams

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    antarctic

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)