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Definition of North Africa

1. Noun. An area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea.

Definition of North Africa

1. Proper noun. The northern part of the continent of Africa. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of North Africa

Literary usage of North Africa

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Geographical Journal by Royal Geographical Society (Great Britain) (1907)
"... and with the fauna and flora of the coastal, mountainous, and desert zones of North Africa. Herr Neumann is to be congratulated on the care and ..."

2. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1908)
"Somaliland (British) : A British protectorate on the east coast of North Africa, lying between Abyssinia and the sea and between French Somaliland and ..."

3. Travels and Discoveries in North and Central Africa: Being a Journal of an by Heinrich Barth (1896)
"484; Ebn Khaldun, torn. i., p. 209, le Baron de Slane, and passim. tA few authors make this momentous event, which plunged North Africa into a series of ..."

4. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: 2005 Review by International Energy Agency (2005)
"MIDDLE EAST AND North Africa The oil and gas resources of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) will be critical to meeting the world's growing appetite ..."

5. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1798)
"... abridged from his own Minutes by Bryan Edwards, Esq. Also Geographical Illos- trations of Mr. Park's Journey, and of North Africa, at large, ..."

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