North Africa
North Africa proper noun: a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue.
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Proper noun (1)
North Africa
- A geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue.
- Synonym of Maghreb.
- Synonyms:
- Maghreb
Proper noun (2) capitalized: north Africa
north Africa
- Alternative letter-case form of North Africa.
North Africa meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
North Africa in Hindi
- the northern part of Africa
- उत्तर अफ़्रीका uttar afrīkā
North Africa in Marathi
- the northern part of Africa
- उत्तर आफ्रिका uttar āphrikā
North Africa in Urdu
- the northern part of Africa
- شمالی افریقا śumālī afrīqâ
North Africa in Bengali
- the northern part of Africa
- উত্তর আফ্রিকা uttor aphrika
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- North Africa in Telugu
- ఉత్తర ఆఫ్రికా uttara āphrikā
- North Africa in Arabic
- شَمَال إِفْرِيقِيَا šamāl ʔifrīqiyā, شَمَال أَفْرِيقِيَا šamāl ʔafrīqiyā, إِفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة ʔifrīqiyā š-šamāliyya, أَفْرِيقِيَا الشَّمَالِيَّة ʔafrīqiyā š-šamāliyya
- North Africa in Malay
- Afrika Utara
- North Africa in Indonesian
- Afrika Utara
- North Africa in Persian
- آفریقای شمالی âfriqâ-ye šomâli
- North Africa in Thai
- แอฟริกาเหนือ ɛ́p-frí-gaa-nʉ̌ʉa
- North Africa in Vietnamese
- Bắc Phi
Synonyms of North Africa
Questions about North Africa
- What does North Africa mean?
- North Africa means a geographic region comprising the northern part of Africa, usually referring to specifically the regions north of the Sahara Desert where Arabic is widely spoken as a mother tongue.
- What is North Africa in Hindi?
- North Africa in Hindi is उत्तर अफ़्रीका (uttar afrīkā). See North Africa meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is North Africa?
- North Africa is a proper noun.
Words near North Africa in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: North Africa (page history and authors); north 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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