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Black Africa

Black Africa is the alternative form of black Africa.

Proper noun capitalized: black Africa

black Africa

  1. Synonym of sub-Saharan Africa.

Synonyms of Black Africa

Forms of Black Africa

alternative formBlack Africa

Origin of Black Africa

From black (“a dark-skinned person”) + Africa (“distinguishing the area from Egypt and the Maghreb”) Compare earlier racist tropes such as darkest Africa.

Words formed from Black Africa

Questions about Black Africa

What does Black Africa mean?
Black Africa means synonym of sub-Saharan Africa.
What is Black Africa the alternative form of?
Black Africa is the alternative form of black Africa.
What part of speech is Black Africa?
Black Africa is a proper noun.

Words near Black Africa in the dictionary

  1. black acre
  2. black acres
  3. Black Act
  4. black advance
  5. black advances
  6. Black Africa
  7. black alder
  8. black alder winterberry
  9. black alders
  10. black amber
  11. black and blue

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Black Africa (page history and authors); black Africa (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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