阿弗利加

Japanese

Etymology

Kanji in this term
阿 弗 利 加
あ
Jinmeiyō 		ふつ > ふ
Hyōgai 		り
Grade: 4 		か
Grade: 4
kan'on irregular kan'on kan'on

Ateji (当て字), with 「阿」 and 「利加」 from Chinese 阿非利加 (Āfēilìjiā)

Proper noun

阿弗利加(アフリカ) • (Afurika) 

  1. obsolete spelling of アフリカ:
    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
    2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)

Korean

Hanja in this term
阿弗利加

Proper noun

阿弗利加 • (abulliga) (hangeul 아불리가)

  1. hanja form? of 아불리가 :
    1. Africa (the continent south of Europe and between the Atlantic and Indian Oceans)
    2. (historical) Africa (a former province of the Roman Empire, containing what is now Tunisia and portions of coastal Algeria and Libya)
  2. obsolete spelling of 아프리카 (apeurika)
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