North Africa
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North Africa
A region of northern Africa generally considered to include the modern-day countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, and often Sudan.
North African adj. & n.
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North Africa
n
(Placename) the part of Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara: consists chiefly of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and N Egypt
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North′ Af′rica
n.
the northern part of Africa, esp. the region between the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert.
North′ Af′rican, n., adj.
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| Noun | 1. |  North Africa - an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean SeaNumidia - an ancient kingdom (later a Roman province) in North Africa in an area corresponding roughly to present-day Algeria Africa - the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean |
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Translations
Severní Afrika
Nordafrika
Pohjois-Afrikka
Sjeverna Afrika
北アフリカ
북아프리카
Nordafrika
อัฟริกาเหนือ
Bắc Phi
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North Africa
n → l'Africa del NordCollins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
North Africa
→ شِمَالُ أفْرِيقْيَا Severní Afrika Nordafrika Nordafrika Βόρεια Αφρική África del Norte Pohjois-Afrikka Afrique du Nord Sjeverna Afrika Nordafrica 北アフリカ 북아프리카 Noord-Afrika Nord-Afrika Afryka Północna África do Norte, Norte de África северная Африка Nordafrika อัฟริกาเหนือ Kuzey Afrika Bắc Phi 北非Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009