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/ˈæfrɪkə/
One of the seven continents, which are the seven main areas of land on Earth. Africa is south of the Mediterranean Sea, and west of Asia and the Indian Ocean.
非洲
核心畫面
A proper name pointing at one place on the map: the huge lying south of the Mediterranean Sea and west of Asia and the Indian Ocean. It names a continent, so it is capitalised and normally takes no article — you say 'in Africa', not 'in the Africa'.
可以想成：這個字就是地圖上的一個指標，指向地中海以南、亞洲與印度洋以西的那一整塊大陸。它是專有名詞，所以永遠大寫，前…更多收起
可以想成：這個字就是地圖上的一個指標，指向地中海以南、亞洲與印度洋以西的那一整塊大陸。它是專有名詞，所以永遠大寫，前面通常也不加 the——說 in Africa、travel to Africa，而不是 in the Africa。它指的是一整塊陸地，不是一個國家，所以講「非洲人怎麼樣」時要留意：那裡有五十幾個國家、上千種語言，用一句話概括往往會失真。形容詞形式是 African。原始詞典資料5 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
Africaname/ˈæf.ɹɪ.kə/
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The continent that is south of Europe, east of the Atlantic Ocean, west of the Indian Ocean and north of Antarctica.
- the Maghreb and sub-Saharan Africa
- As Russia’s foothold in Africa expands – notably in the mineral-rich Sahel region that is beset by recurring coups, armed rebellion and extremist insurgency – anti-Western sentiments, partly fueled by Russian propaganda, are engineering the exit of Western troops from swathes of territory.
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Sub-Saharan Africa, contrasted with the Maghreb.
- The Sahara stood as an important marker between the Maghreb and Africa, not only in modern times but in times immemorial.
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historicalA former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia, northeastern Algeria and portions of coastal Libya; existing from 146 BC (initially in the Roman Republic) through 698 AD, except for 439 through 534 AD, when it was occupied by the Vandals.
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A surname.
Africanoun
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。