proper noun/ˈafɾika/
Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans); Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya); a female given name from Latin shortened from María (de) África, an epithet of the Virgin Mary as Our Lady of Africa
“Del mismo modo, el suajili evolucionó como lengua comercial en África oriental y se describe como un vocabulario árabe sobre una gramática africana.”