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How did Africa receive its name?

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∙ 17y ago
Updated: 8/16/2019

Several groups of people living near Carthage were known as "afri," either from the Phoenician word "afar" (dust) or the Berber word "ifri" (cave). The Romans added the suffix "-ca" (land).

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