아프리카

Korean

Etymology

Unknown. Perhaps borrowed from English Africa, ultimately from Latin Africa.

Pronunciation

  • (SK Standard/Seoul) IPA(key): [a̠pʰɯɾikʰa̠]
  • Phonetic hangul: [아프리카]
Romanizations
Revised Romanization?Apeurika
Revised Romanization (translit.)?Apeulika
McCune–Reischauer?Ap'ŭrik'a
Yale Romanization?a.phuli.kha

Proper noun

아프리카 • (Apeurika)

  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)

Derived terms

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