Africana
Syllables: Af·ri·ca·na/ˌæfɹɪˈkænə/
Africana noun: collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
Noun
Africana pl (plural only)
- Collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
- Africana is a word of many different meanings; to one it means books and other printed or manuscript material, to another it means objects other than books. For Africana Notes and News it is used in its widest sense ... it is restricted only from a geographical point of view; it denotes not the...
- The various cultures and peoples of Africa and the African diaspora, considered collectively.
Origin of Africana
From Latin āfricāna, the neuter plural of āfricānus (“African”). By surface analysis, Africa + -ana (“things (plural)”), analogous to Americana. First attested in 1908.
Phrases with Africana
Words that rhyme with Africana
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- ikebana
- kana
- mana
- mañana
- nana
- nirvana
- poinciana
- Rilkeana
- yana
- Alaskana
- Arthuriana
- Australiana
- Bondiana
- breweriana
- bwana
- Canadiana
- Chauceriana
- comicana
- cricketana
- dhyana
- Disneyana
- Edwardiana
- fata morgana
- fistiana
- Forteana
- ghana
- golfiana
- Guyana
- hentaigana
- Johnsoniana
- Kellyana
- Kiwiana
- liana
- librariana
- man'yōgana
- militariana
- ohana
- omniana
- parmigiana
- Pompeiana
- prana
- Qiana
- railroadiana
- railwayana
- Rosh Hashanah
- Setswana
- Shakespeareana
- Shaviana
Questions about Africana
- What does Africana mean?
- Africana means collectible objects, such as maps, documents and artifacts, peculiar to Africa, especially Southern Africa.
- What part of speech is Africana?
- Africana is a noun.
- How do you pronounce Africana?
- Africana is pronounced /ˌæfɹɪˈkænə/.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: Africana (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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