# Afrika
## English
### Proper noun

Afrika
* (African-American Vernacular, uncommon) Alternative spelling of Africa

#### Related terms

* Afrikan

### Anagrams

* kaafir

## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɑfɾikä/
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Noord-Amerika
** Suid-Amerika
* Antarktika
* Asië
* Europa
* Oseanië

## Albanian
### Proper noun

Afrika
* definite nominative singular of Afrikë

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Africa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈafrɪka]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika f (relational adjective africký, demonym Afričan, female demonym Afričanka)
* Africa (a continent)
    Severní Afrika ― North Africa

#### Declension
### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Jižní Amerika
** Severní Amerika
* Antarktida
* Asie
* Austrálie
* Evropa
* Oceánie

### Further reading

* “Afrika”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “Afrika”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “Afrika”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

## Danish
### Proper noun

Afrika c
* Africa (a continent)

## Dutch
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica, from Āfer.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.fri.kaː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Afri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika n (adjective Afrikaans, demonym Afrikaan m or Afrikaanse f)
* Africa (a continent)
    Meronyms: Centraal-Afrika, Equatoriaal-Afrika, Midden-Afrika, Noord-Afrika, Oost-Afrika, West-Afrika, Zuid-Afrika, Zuidwest-Afrika

#### Derived terms

* Afrikaan
* afrikaniseren
* Centraal-Afrika
* Equatoriaal-Afrika
* Hoorn van Afrika
* Midden-Afrika
* Moffrika
* Noord-Afrika
* Oost-Afrika
* West-Afrika
* Zuid-Afrika
* Zuidwest-Afrika
* Zwart Afrika

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: Afrika
* Petjo: aprik

## Gagauz
### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

## German
### Alternative forms

* Africa (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa(ː)fʁika/
* Audio (Austria):(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Proper noun

Afrika n (proper noun, genitive Afrikas or (optionally with an article) Afrika)
* Africa (a continent)

#### Coordinate terms

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Nordamerika
** Südamerika
* Antarktika
* Asien
* Europa
* Ozeanien

#### Derived terms

* Afrikaner
* afrikanisch
* afrikanisieren
* Afrikanisierung
* Nordafrika
* Ostafrika
* Schwarzafrika
* Südafrika
* Westafrika
* Zentralafrika

### Further reading

* “Afrika” in Duden online
* “Afrika” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɒfrikɒ]
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
* Rhymes: -kɒ

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* afrikai
* Afrika-kutató
* Dél-Afrika
* Észak-Afrika
* Kelet-Afrika
* Közép-Afrika
* Nyugat-Afrika

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Dél-Amerika
** Észak-Amerika
* Antarktisz (more common; loosely speaking), Antarktika (technical term)
* Ázsia
* Európa
* Óceánia

## Ido
### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Nord-Amerika
** Sud-Amerika
* Antarktika
* Australia
* Azia
* Europa

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch Afrika.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /afˈrika/ [afˈri.ka]
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* Afrika Barat
* Afrika Barat Daya
* Afrika Selatan
* Afrika Timur
* Afrika Utara

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika Selatan
** Amerika Utara
* Antarktika
* Asia
* Eropa
* Oseania

### Further reading

* “Afrika” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Kashubian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Polish Afryka.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈfri.ka/
* Rhymes: -ika
* Syllabification: A‧fri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

### Further reading

* Sychta, Bernard (1967) “Afrika”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 2
* Jan Trepczyk (1994) “Afryka”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
* Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “Afryka”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎
* “Afrika”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

## Lithuanian
### Proper noun

Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

#### Related terms

* afrikietis m, afrikietė f

### See also

Template:list:continents/lt

## Lower Sorbian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈafrʲika/

### Proper noun

Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928) “Afrika”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
* Starosta, Manfred (1999) “Afrika”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

## Luxembourgish
### Proper noun

Afrika n
* Africa (a continent)

## Malay
### Etymology

Borrowed from English Africa or Dutch Afrika, from Latin Āfrica.

### Pronunciation

* (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA: [a.fri.ka]
* Rhymes: -ka, -a
* Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika (Jawi spelling افريکا)
* Africa (a continent)

#### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika Selatan
** Amerika Utara
* Antartika
* Asia
* Eropah
* Oceania

### Further reading

* “Afrika” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian Africa.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaːf.rɪ.ka/
* Audio (Gozo):(file)

### Proper noun

L-Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

### See also

* L-Afrika
* L-Amerika
** L-Amerika ta’ Fuq
** L-Amerika Ċentrali
** L-Amerika t’Isfel
* L-Antartika
* L-Asja
* L-Ewropa
* L-Oċeanja, L-Oċjanja

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* afrikansk
* Sør-Afrika
* Vest-Afrika
* Øst-Afrika

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* afrikansk
* Sør-Afrika
* Vest-Afrika

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Nord-Amerika
** Sør-Amerika, Sud-Amerika
* Antarktis
* Asia
* Europa
* Oseania

## Plautdietsch
### Proper noun

Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ǎfrika/
* Hyphenation: A‧fri‧ka

### Proper noun

Àfrika f (Cyrillic spelling А̀фрика)
* Africa (a continent)

#### Declension
### References

* “Afrika”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin Āfrica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈafrika/

### Proper noun

Afrika f (genitive singular Afriky, declension pattern of žena)
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* africký
* Afričan m
* Afričanka f

### References

* “Afrika”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Slovene
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /áːfrika/

### Proper noun

Ȃfrika f
* Africa (a continent)

#### Related terms

* Afričàn / Afričánka
* áfriški

## Swahili
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Africa, either by way of German Afrika or English Africa.

### Pronunciation

* (Tanzania) IPA: /ɑ.fri.kɑ/
* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* Mwafrika

### See also

* Afrika
* Amerika
** Amerika ya Kaskazini
** Amerika ya Kusini
* Antaktika ~ Antaktiki
* Asia
* Australia
* Ulaya, Uropa

## Swedish
### Proper noun

Afrika n (genitive Afrikas)
* Africa (a continent)

#### Related terms

* afrikansk
* afrikanska

### References

* Afrika in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* Svensk MeSH

## Tok Pisin
### Alternative forms

* Aprika

### Etymology

From English Africa.

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

## Tsonga
### Noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish آفریقه.

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

## Turkmen
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian А́фрика (Áfrika), from Latin Āfrica.

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

## Upper Sorbian
### Etymology

Ultimately from Latin Āfrica.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈafʀika/
* Rhymes: -afʀika
* Hyphenation: Af‧ri‧ka
* Syllabification: Af‧ri‧ka

### Proper noun

Afrika f
* Africa (a continent)

#### Derived terms

* afrikaanski
* afriski
* Afričan m pers
* Afričanka f
* afrikanistika f
* afrikata f
* Južna Afrika f

### References

* “Afrika” in Soblex

## Uzbek
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /afrika/

### Proper noun

Afrika
* Africa (a continent)

#### Declension
## Yoruba
### Etymology

English Africa

### Proper noun

Áfríkà
* Archaic spelling of Afíríkà (“Africa”).