Synset

the second largest continent; located to the south of Europe and bordered to the west by the South Atlantic and to the east by the Indian Ocean
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Africa

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

African

semantic pointers

member of this domain (region)

hunting expedition, campaign, safari Boer War Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa emir, amir, emeer, ameer

part meronym

Barbary Nubia Maghreb, Mahgrib African country, African nation East Africa Namibia, Republic of Namibia, South West Africa Angola, Republic of Angola Burundi, Republic of Burundi Cameroon, Republic of Cameroon, Cameroun Central African Republic, Central Africa Chad, Republic of Chad, Tchad Congo, Republic of the Congo, French Congo Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Zaire, Belgian Congo Ivory Coast, Cote d'Ivoire, Republic of Cote d'Ivoire Benin, Republic of Benin, Dahomey Togo, Togolese Republic Djibouti, Republic of Djibouti, Afars and Issas Equatorial Guinea, Republic of Equatorial Guinea, Spanish Guinea Ethiopia, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia, Yaltopya, Abyssinia Roman Empire Rwanda, Rwandese Republic, Ruanda Botswana, Republic of Botswana Egypt, Arab Republic of Egypt, United Arab Republic Kenya, Republic of Kenya Gabon, Gabonese Republic, Gabun Gambia, The Gambia, Republic of The Gambia Ghana, Republic of Ghana, Gold Coast Guinea, Republic of Guinea, French Guinea Guinea-Bissau, Republic of Guinea-Bissau, Guine-Bissau, Portuguese Guinea Lesotho, Kingdom of Lesotho, Basutoland Liberia, Republic of Liberia Libya, Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Madagascar, Republic of Madagascar, Malagasy Republic Malawi, Republic of Malawi, Nyasaland Mali, Republic of Mali, French Sudan Mauritania, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Mauritanie, Muritaniya Mozambique, Republic of Mozambique, Mocambique Niger, Republic of Niger Nigeria, Federal Republic of Nigeria Senegal, Republic of Senegal Sierra Leone, Republic of Sierra Leone Somalia Somali peninsula, Horn of Africa South Africa, Republic of South Africa Sudan, Soudan Sudan, Republic of the Sudan, Soudan Swaziland, Kingdom of Swaziland Tanzania, United Republic of Tanzania Ottoman Empire, Turkish Empire Uganda, Republic of Uganda Zambia, Republic of Zambia, Northern Rhodesia Zimbabwe, Republic of Zimbabwe, Rhodesia, Southern Rhodesia Sahara, Sahara Desert Sub-Saharan Africa, Black Africa North Africa West Africa Great Rift Valley Lake Chad, Chad Lake Tanganyika, Tanganyika Lake Victoria, Victoria Nyanza Shari, Shari River, Chari, Chari River

part holonym

eastern hemisphere, orient

instance hypernym

continent