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north africa

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. North Africanoun

    an area of northern Africa between the Sahara and the Mediterranean Sea

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  1. North Africanoun

    The northern part of the continent of Africa.

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  1. north africa

    North Africa is a geographic region encompassing the northern part of the African continent. It is generally regarded to comprise the modern countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Sudan, and sometimes Mauritania. This region is bordered by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the Red Sea to the east, and the Sahara Desert and Sahel to the south. North Africa has a rich history and has been the site of some of the world's earliest civilizations, such as Ancient Egyptian and Carthaginian. Its predominant languages include Arabic, Berber, and French, due to historical influences.

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  1. North Africa

    North Africa, Northern Africa is the northernmost region of the African continent, linked by the Sahara to Sub-Saharan Africa. Geopolitically, the United Nations definition of Northern Africa includes seven countries or territories; Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, and Western Sahara. Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Libya and often Mauritania are the Maghreb or Maghrib, while Egypt and Sudan are referred to as Nile Valley. Egypt is a transcontinental country by virtue of the Sinai Peninsula, which is in Asia. North Africa also includes a number of Spanish possessions, Ceuta and Melilla. The Canary Islands and the Portuguese Madeira Islands, in the North Atlantic Ocean northwest of the African mainland, are sometimes included in considerations of the region. The distinction between North Africa and much of Sub-Saharan Africa is historically and ecologically significant because of the effective barrier created by the Sahara. Throughout history this barrier has culturally separated the North from large parts of the rest of the continent. As the seafaring civilizations of the Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans and others facilitated communication and migration across the Mediterranean, the cultures of North Africa became much more closely tied to Southwestern Asia and Europe than Sub-Saharan Africa. The Islamic influence in the area is significant, and North Africa, along with Somalia, Djibouti and the Middle East, is also a part of the Arab World.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of north africa in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of north africa in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of north africa in a Sentence

  1. Ashton Carter:

    I believe foreign fighters pose a threat to the U.S., and that this threat is exacerbated by the ongoing political and security instability in Libya, if confirmed, I will focus attention on the foreign fighter flow as the department works with regional partners in North Africa to address the challenge posed by the terrorist safe haven in Libya and broader counterterrorism issues.

  2. Sir. Barron Qasem II:

    Wе arе in an еra whеrе onе individual is capablе of changing thе livеs of millions, and in thе futurе, I aspirе to changе North Africa and rеstorе it to its glory.

  3. Devin Nunes:

    ISIL presents a growing threat not only in Syria and Iraq, but throughout the Middle East, North Africa, Europe, and now in the United States as well, terrorists and their enablers will continue to receive the unwavering attention of law enforcement and the intelligence community.

  4. Immigration Minister James Brokenshire:

    The crisis in Syria and events in the Middle East, North Africa and beyond have separated a large number of refugee children from their families.

  5. Valentina Matviyenko:

    The West blew up the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and sowed chaos, bloodshed and a humanitarian catastrophe, measures must be taken to ensure nobody has the right to act like that in the world using such methods.

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