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East Africa en · PROPN

Meanings

  1. A geographic region encompassing the eastern part of Africa, generally stretching from Ethiopia and Eritrea in the north to Mozambique and Zimbabwe in the south.
    • Similarly, Swahili evolved as the trading language in East Africa and is described as having an Arab vocabulary upon an African grammar. 2021 April 25, John Malathronas, “Which languages are easiest – and most difficult – for native English speakers to learn?”, in CNN, archived from the original on 22 Mar 2022:

Coordinates

Central Africa · Saharan Africa · Southern Africa · Sahel · West Africa · Sub-Saharan Africa · Sahara · North Africa

Deriveds

Italian East Africa · German East Africa · East Africa Time

Translations (20)

da Østafrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · vi Đông Phi (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · fi Itä-Afrikka (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · af Oos-Afrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · wal Arshsho Afrikkaa class Proper noun (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · ru Восто́чная А́фрика (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · nn Aust-Afrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · nl Oost-Afrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · sv Östafrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · ta கிழக்கு ஆப்பிரிக்கா (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · sw Afrika ya Mashariki (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · es África Oriental (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · de Ostafrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · nb Øst-Afrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · cmn 東非洲 /东非洲 (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · hu Kelet-Afrika (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · ka აღმოსავლეთი აფრიკა (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · fr Afrique Orientale (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · cmn 東非 /东非 (eastern part of the continent of Africa) · ko 동아프리카 (eastern part of the continent of Africa)