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africa | niger |

As a adjective africa

is .

As a noun niger is

a herb, guizotia abyssinica , from ethiopia, grown for its seed and edible oil.

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

    * *

    External links

    * Africa Time Zones with current time

    Anagrams

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    niger

    English

    (wikipedia Niger)

    Usage notes

    The second pronunciations for the country name follow the French pronunciation, French being the official language of Niger. How Do You Pronounce "Niger"?] by Avi Zenilman, July 16, 2003, Slate.com[http://kristof.blogs.nytimes.com/2005/10/11/ So What Is This Place? by Nicholas D. Kristof, October 11, 2005, New York Times

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • A country in Western Africa situated to the north of Nigeria. Official name: Republic of Niger.
  • A river in Africa that flows into the Gulf of Guinea in Nigeria.

    • Hypernyms

    *Subsahara

    Related terms

    * Nigerien

    See also

    *

    References

    Anagrams

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