Re: OT: continents

caeruleancentaur votuala:

> Africa - ?
A swift check of wikipedia reveals the following:

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The name Africa came into western use through the Romans, who
used the name Africa terra - "land of the Afri" (plural, or
"Afer" singular) - for the northern part of the continent, as
the province of Africa with its capital Carthage, corresponding
to modern-day Tunisia.

The origin of Afer may either come from:

- the Phoenician `afar, dust;
- the Afri, a (possibly Berber) tribe who dwelt in North Africa
  in the Carthage area;
- the Greek word aphrike, meaning without cold;
- or the Latin word aprica, meaning sunny.
>>

IB.