The origin of the word Africa came from the Romans, who named the area of modern-day North Africa in honor of the victories of Scipio Africanus Major in the Second Punic War versus Carthage and Hannibal. It was later referred to by Europeans as the entire African continent.
While the Oxford English Dictionary confesses that the origin of the word is uncertain, it seems that it may have developed while Phoenician mariners sailed off the north coast of the continent and remarked the seemingly unending expanse of sandy desert that lay just 500 to 1000 m from the shore in many places. Those observations may have had the Phoenician words AFAR, meaning "Dust" and RAYK, meaning "empty," tied to them in a synechdoche (description of a thing by one or more of its characteristics or traits; thus, the word AFAR-RAYK-A (perhaps a Latinized ending added later) or Africa. The Phoenicians established outposts in what is now Tunisia (formerly Carthage), where the inhabitants spoke the Punic language, a derivative of Phoenician.
The noun Africa came into Western use through the Romans, who used the term "Africa terra" for "land of the Afri" (singular: Afer) for the northern part of the continent. The origin of Afer could come from many possible sources, including the Phoenician 'afar; the Afri, a Berber tribe; the Greek word aprhike, meaning "without cold"; or the Latin word aprika, meaning "sunny."
Directly quoted from the Wikipedia article on the continent..."...Africa's name is derived from an ancient area in modern day Tunisia known as Ifriqiya or sunny place..."
From the Dutch "Afrikanner"
singular, its a noun
The origin of man has been traced back to Africa 25,000 years ago. I suggest you learn the history of man and how historians have found remains that date to 25,000 years ago.
premiers of provinces in South Africa
The name "South Africa" is derived from the country's geographic location at the southern tip of Africa. Upon formation, the country was named the Union of South Africa in English and Unie van Zuid-Afrika in Dutch, reflecting its origin from the unification of four formerly separate British colonies. Official languages: 11 languages: English; Zulu; ... Currency: South African rand (ZAR) Demonym(s): South African
No, the word "southern" is an adjective, a word used to describe a noun. The adjective "southern" is a form of the word "south".The word "south" is an adjective, an adverb, and a noun.The noun "south" (lower case s) is a common noun as a general word for the direction of a compass lying directly opposite north ; a general word for a part of a country or a place that is located in this direction.The noun "South" (capital S) is a proper noun in the US as a word for the 11 states of the 1861-65 Confederacy (the Confederate States of America).
No,Africa is a proper noun
The origin of the human species appears to be in Africa.
Africa is a proper noun.
The word 'Africa' is a proper noun, the name of a specific place.
The verb forms of the noun 'origin' are originate, originates, originating, originated.
Africa
The word origin is a synonym for the noun source. The nouns origin and source are both abstract nouns.
A noun is a word for a person, a place, or a thing.The word 'origin' is a noun, a word for a thing.The related verb form is 'originate'.
Yes, the noun 'origin' is an abstract noun; a word for the point or place where something begins, arises, or is derived; a word for a concept.
South Africa
Africa . Africa is a continent, not a country.
North Africa is the proper noun, the name of a specific region of the continent of Africa.