Africa
英 ['æfrɪkə]
美 [ˈæfrɪkə]
英語の語源
- Africa (n.)
- Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally was used only in reference to the region around modern Tunisia; it gradually was extended to the whole continent. Derivation from Arabic afar "dust, earth" is tempting, but the early date seems to argue against it. The Middle English word was Affrike.
例文
- 1. South Africa was going through a period of irreversible change.
- 南アフリカは不可逆的な変革を経験している。
- 2.The whole of Africa had been buffeted by social and political upheavals.
- アフリカ全体が社会と政治の激動に苦しんでいる。
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- 3. Mandela said, "We want a united, undivided South Africa ".
- マンデラ氏は、「私たちは団結した南アフリカがほしい」と述べた。
- 4.It was one of the driest and dustiest places in Africa .
- それはアフリカで最も干ばつが多く、ほこりが多い場所の一つです。
- 5.He was taken prisoner in North Africa in 1942.
- 彼は1942年に北アフリカで捕虜になった。