West Africa en · PROPN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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A geographic region comprising the western portion of Africa, spanning sixteen countries.
Bloch told CNN on Friday that the discovery is significant in part because of the “dramatic events involved with (the ships’) journey from Copenhagen to West Africa, and from there to the shores of Cahuita in Costa Rica.”
2025 May 2, Amarachi Orie, “Archaeologists discover true identity of Costa Rica shipwrecks long thought to be pirate ships”, in CNN:
Coordinates
Central Africa · Saharan Africa · Southern Africa · Sahel · Sub-Saharan Africa · Sahara · East Africa · North Africa
Deriveds
French West Africa · West Africa Time
Relateds
Central Africa · East Africa · North Africa · South Africa
Synonyms
Translations (26)
nl West-Afrika (region of Africa) · pt África Ocidental (region of Africa) · id Afrika Barat (region of Africa) · ja 西アフリカ (region of Africa) · cmn 西非 (region of Africa) · yue 西非 (region of Africa) · sv Västafrika (region of Africa) · ms Afrika Barat (region of Africa) · fr ouest d'Afrique (region of Africa) · ka დასავლეთი აფრიკა (region of Africa) · es África Occidental (region of Africa) · da Vestafrika (region of Africa) · sw Afrika ya Magharibi (region of Africa) · ga an Afraic Thiar (region of Africa) · nn Vest-Afrika (region of Africa) · ro Africa de Vest (region of Africa) · vi Tây Phi (region of Africa) · hu Nyugat-Afrika (region of Africa) · nb Vest-Afrika (region of Africa) · ru За́падная А́фрика (region of Africa) · fi Länsi-Afrikka (region of Africa) · de Westafrika (region of Africa) · ro vestul Africii (region of Africa) · af Wes-Afrika (region of Africa) · fr Afrique de l'Ouest (region of Africa) · ko 서아프리카 (region of Africa)