North Africa

American  

[nawrth af-ri-kuh] / ˈnɔrθ ˈæf rɪ kə /

noun

1. the northern part of Africa, especially the region north of the tropical rainforest and comprised of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and that part of Egypt west of the Gulf of Suez.

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North Africa British  

noun

1. the part of Africa between the Mediterranean and the Sahara: consists chiefly of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, and N Egypt

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Other Word Forms

• North African adjective

Etymology

Origin of North Africa

First recorded in 1840–45

Example Sentences

To solve the mystery, researchers analysed DNA from cat bones found at archaeological sites across Europe, North Africa and Anatolia.

From BBC

The Christians who gathered in that house church are a handful of the millions of believers from North Africa to North Korea who gather every Sunday to worship Christ despite persecution.

From The Wall Street Journal

At that time, the archipelago was home to communities whose ancestors had come from North Africa more than a thousand years earlier.

From Science Daily

Initially, the company had a concentrated portfolio in the U.K., before acquisitions established Norway as its largest producing country, and gave it assets in Latin America, North Africa and Southeast Asia.

From The Wall Street Journal

Mussolini constructed the Arch of the Philaeni to glorify fascist Italy’s colonial projects in North Africa.

From Salon