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Dark Continent

Dark Continent proper noun: africa.

Proper noun

the Dark Continent

  1. (dated, informal, offensive, sometimes) Africa.
    • De Lesseps, the engineer, has been visiting the Bey of Tunis, and trying to get his consent to the scheme for piercing the isthmus of Zaber, and opening up communication with the interior of the Dark Continent by water.1879 March 12, The Sydney Morning Herald
    • Africa is still the Dark Continent, the land of the unknown, the remarkable.1903 November 10, The Advertiser Adelaide

Dark Continent meaning in Kannada

Dark Continent in Kannada

ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲ ಖಂಡ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ಖಂಡ, ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ ಖಂಡ

Origin of Dark Continent

A Victorian nickname, referring to the fact that little was known in the West about the interior of the continent.

Questions about Dark Continent

What does Dark Continent mean?
Dark Continent means africa.
What is Dark Continent in Kannada?
Dark Continent in Kannada is ಕಗ್ಗತ್ತಲ ಖಂಡ, ಅಜ್ಞಾತ ಖಂಡ, ಆಫ್ರಿಕಾ ಖಂಡ. See Dark Continent meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is Dark Continent?
Dark Continent is a proper noun.

Words near Dark Continent in the dictionary

  1. dark chocolate
  2. dark chocolates
  3. dark cloud
  4. dark clouds
  5. dark comedy
  6. Dark Continent
  7. dark corn syrup
  8. Dark Corner
  9. dark crimson underwing
  10. dark crimson underwings
  11. dark culture

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Dark Continent (page history and authors); dark continent (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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